Onsite solar PV at the Fekola gold mine, Mali. Image: B2Gold.
An off-grid hybrid energy system at Fekola, a gold mine in Mali, Africa, has gone online incorporating solar PV, battery storage and the site’s existing fossil fuel generators, project partners Baywa r.e. and Suntrace have said.
Malian mines produced 66.5 tonnes of gold in 2020, making it the third biggest producer on the African continent, according to the country’s Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water. The Fekola mine is in operation 24 hours a day and so while it will continue to rely on six generators that run on heavy fuel oil, during the day the project’s solar array will allow for three of those to be shut down and the use of the other three greatly reduced.
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Michael Dance says there needs to be immediate action to keep school children safe from buses using a bus lane near a shared path on Links Ave. Photo / File
Michael Dance says there needs to be immediate action to keep school children safe from buses using a bus lane near a shared path on Links Ave. Photo / File
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