Projects
RENEWABLE SA SOLUTION AT PRIESKA
Location:
Phase:
Resource:
South Africa
Production
Zinc/copper
The primary scope of the agreement is to
investigate the feasibility of generating
and supplying 35MW of electricity
from a hybrid power system using
integrated wind and solar technologies.
The renewable energy generation site
will be within 20km of the project site,
making the establishment of a dedicated
feed via overhead power transmission
line possible. According to Greg Austin,
managing director at juwi, hybrid systems
are at the forefront of transforming the
remote power generation sector and
the resource industry into one with a
sustainable future, as they offer emission-
free low-cost energy.
juwi’s award-winning solar hybrid
project Degrussa/Sandfire in Australia
Cape Town-based juwi Renewable
Energies, a subsidiary of international
project developer juwi AG, and Repli
Trading No 27, a subsidiary of Orion
Minerals, recently entered into an
agreement to investigate renewable
energy generation for the Prieska Zinc
Copper Project in the Northern Cape of
South Africa.
Orion Minerals is looking to use renewable energy sources at its Prieska project in the Northern
Cape Province of South Africa.
set the standard and blueprint for a
reliable and sustainable energy supply
for remote mines and industries. The
off-grid solar hybrid project has saved
the mine several million litres of
diesel fuel.
According to Errol Smart, managing
director and CEO at Orion, the
agreement is in line with the company’s
strategy to make best use of its geographic
advantages. “The region has the highest
irradiance levels in the country and is very
well situated for wind farms. It is already
a well-established renewable-energy-
generation region with 190MW of solar
power plants in operation and 240MW of
wind power under construction adjacent
to our Prieska project. The opportunity
can only improve our power supply
security, whilst lessening the burden on
the national electricity grid and reducing
our carbon and water footprint,”
says Smart. b