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STAGE one of Gold Fields’ Agnew hybrid renewables project, just out of Lenister in WA, has been officially opened. The hybrid micro grid is owned and operated by energy producer, EDL, and required a $112m investment, which was backed by the Federal government’s Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) $13.5m contribution for construction costs. EDL will be delivering the project, which will use wind and solar power generation to provide hybrid renewable system for mine site energy. Stage one consisted of an off-grid 23MW power station, 4MW photovoltaic solar, 16MW gas and 3MWdiesel generation. Stage two, expected to be completed in 2020, will provide additional 18MW wind generation through five turbines, a 13MW battery and an advanced micro-grid control system. It…

IN a landmark agreement with Alinta Energy, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) has announced that up to 100pc of daytime stationary energy requirements at Chichester Hub iron ore operations will be powered by renewable energy. Remaining power requirements will be met through integrated battery storage and gas power station facilities. The Chichester Solar Gas Hybrid project will see the construction of a 60MW solar photovoltaic generation facility at the Chichester Hub (comprising FMG’s Christmas Creek and Cloudbreak mining operations), along with a 60km transmission line linking the mining operations with Alinta Energy’s Newman gas-fired power station plus a 35MW battery facility. Fortescue chief executive officer Elizabeth Gaines said that reliable and competitive energy generation remained an important consideration for the mining…