In their 2013 report, Navigant Think about difficult that under than 0.1% of the 400 TWh annual power handling of the mining industry was generated by non-conventional renewable energy (i.e. renewables except large hydro) but plan this to decorate to among 5 and 8% by 2022.
In a broader, worldwide energy context, the international mining industry towards the end consumes 8% to 12% of worldwide core energy. This is humdrum to complete 15% to 20% by 2035. The Corporation Strength Department forecasts that by 2035, worldwide energy commandeering life-force decorate by one-third, moment the eat of fossil fuels in the world's energy mix life-force wear from 82% to 76%. Renewable energy life-force tale for going on for half of this decorate in worldwide power generation. The international mining industry life-force like so need to develop among 800GW and 1500GW of new renewable energy separate.
These projections consider a assurance large fortune for the renewable energy sharing out if they can enumerate energy solutions that discharge mines' wishes. But which mining companies are looking at renewables and why? Under are a list of the grandeur statements of belief to renewable energy - either together with interviews or company news broadcast - by a few of the speakers at the expectations Renewables and Mining Fill in and Be evidence for. If you work out of any supervisor examples reduce me a keep details and we life-force short this mainstay (andrew.slavin@energyandmines.com)
BARRICK Gold ingots
"In 2012, 19.4% of our electrical power, all self-generated and purchased, was sourced from renewables. We widen to skim for get by without clean energy opportunities everywhere we reach. Going further, we are partnering with the Argentinean road to develop a geothermal plant in attendance the Veladero waste. This project, if engaging, may perhaps potentially put somewhere else two thirds of the diesel really used at Veladero. We are also investigating the assurance of developing our solar energy marks in all regions." 2012 Establishment Protection Sustainability Murder
Truth of exhibit renewables projects and projects asleep reflection methodical in this tape by Scott Fraser, Administrator of Power Projects, Barrick Gold ingots
GLENCORE
"In the summer of 2014, we life-force hearth wind energy storage facilities and an Enercon wind turbine. If engaging, the painstaking footbridge life-force see the manufacture of 3 to 5 wind turbines modish 2016." Sentiment wind up of the Glencore project and mind-set by downloading this interview with Glencore's Raglan Seam Administrator of Campaign, Projects and Urban Contact, Jean-Francois Verret.
IAMGOLD
"In the flanking three-to-five being, I'd be devoted to to see 15 percent of our power generated by renewables." Steve Letwin, CEO, IAMGOLD
Shed light on a choreography interview with IAMGOLD CEO Steve Letwin here and wind up of their Suriname Rosbel game site solar project here
TECK Financial plan
"We delimit set a 2015 oppose of 30 megawatts of alternative energy generation and set a 2030 oppose to polish that portfolio to 100 MW." - Teck Sustainability site.
"We are prize a utterly organized mind-set to the use of alternative energy. This starts with prioritizing folks sources of alternative energy that delimit the prevalent impact. Terry Cheer on, Strength Aloof, Teck Financial plan (Renewables and Mining Concern Murder 2013)
GOLDCORP
"We see renewables as of to do a heavy gift in our energy equation seeing as in many of the regions where we reach renewables can now compete with catch prices. We're looking at options for wind and solar, original in Focal and South America." Flyn McCarthy, Establishment Strength Supervisor, Goldcorp in novel article
Goldcorp has a company-wide energy choreography that includes a five-year plan which targets a 15% decorate in energy efficiency; 20% emissions depression and 5% of energy from renewable by 2016. (2011 Sustainability report)
NEWMONT
"Our spell out one fortune is solar energy in our Tanami, Australia operations. We'd be devoted to to put in an 8-10 megawatt plant acquaint with."
"Seeing that we need are partnerships with sophisticated power companies that can make up and reach exact power plants in growing countries."
"We don't strive for to hearth our own power plants. We delimit in the former, but leave-taking further we strive for allies that life-force hearth the power plants, supply our wishes for a new game, and hold folks levy handy to put in the economies of these growing countries or wait on renewable energy for growing countries."
Mike Aire, Setting Administrator, Newmont Mining in this novel article.
ANGLO AMERICAN
We are investigating, surrounded by other stuff, a lot of proposals from assurance IPPs. These support a 20-MW photo-voltaic plant, a 15-MW biomass plant, and a lot of wind-generation options." Truth of renewable energy commitments can be begin at the Anglo American energy site
KINROSS
We widen pains to compute money-making renewable energy resources at our sites. Being we first began our Renewable and Deviation Strength keen polite society in 2004, Kinross has evaluated a lot of assurance opportunities, and life-force widen to evaluation opportunities as we develop our projects.
At this time evaluating opportunities for game projects in Chile and Mauritania (solar), Ecuador and Brazil (Hydro), Ghana (biomass). (Particularly wind up in the 2011 Sustainability Murder)
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