Malian gold mine powered by 30 MW/15.4 MWh of solar-plus-storage
Malian gold mine powered by 30 MW/15.4 MWh of solar-plus-storage The solar-plus-storage facility will reduce heavy fuel oil consumption by 13.1 million liters per year.German renewable energy company Baywa re and solar developer Suntrace GmbH have completed construction on a 30 MW/15.4 MWh solar-plus-storage plant at the Fekola gold mine owned by Canadian gold mining company B2Gold in Mali. Baywa re explained that the mine operates 24 hours a day and that the solar plant will replace three out of six heavy fuel oil generators while reducing the production of the remaining three generators dur...