Up to 190MW of PV capacity is already in operation in the Prieska area (Credit: Orion Minerals)
Clean energy firm juwi could build a 35MW hybrid wind and solar facility to sustain a zinc-copper mine in South Africa under a deal with the owner.
The collaboration agreement signed with Orion Minerals will see juwi examine the feasibility of powering the Prieska mine, in South Africas Northern Cape province, through a co-located renewable facility.
According to juwi and Orion, the plant under consideration would stand 20 kilometres away from the mine itself. This, the firms explained, would make it possible to install a dedicated feed via an overhead power transmission line.
Errol Smart, managing director and CEO at Orion, linked the fir…
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