Rio Tinto’s Big Energy Project Attracts Multiple Bidders
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Mining Technology.
The article has this subtitle.
The company seeks to offset its power consumption with a massive renewable plant.
These two paragraphs introduce the project.
British and Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has attracted multiple bids for a massive renewable power infrastructure project.
The company currently seeks suppliers to build up to 4GW of renewable generation for its alumina and aluminium operations in Queensland, Australia. Speaking to the Melbourne Mining Club, the company’s CEO of Australia, Kellie Parker, said that it had received proposals for “a lot more than 4GW”. Parker also said that construction of the project “would not be easy” due to the cost of construction for Australian projects.
In the UK, we may talk of wind farms like Hornsea, which could produce 6 GW, but the Aussies can produce similar amounts of energy from the sun.
This will be the fourth major renewable power development in Australia to be announced in the last few months.
- The Asian Renewable Energy Hub could generate up to 26 GW in Western Australia.
- I wrote about Andrew Forrest’s ambitions in Andrew Forrest Snaps Up Pilbara And Gascoyne Cattle Stations For Green Energy Production.
- The Australia-Asia Power Link will export solar power from Australia to Singapore.
Australia is certainly looking to power the world.
Energy Storage
Rio Tinto are also talking about energy storage, as other systems of this type and size do. Could this be one of a number of Australian projects mentioned on the Highview Power web site?
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