Hybrid power systems fuel renewable energy pathway for gold producer
Australian renewables infrastructure provider, Pacific Energy, has completed and delivered four solar-BESS-gas hybrid systems, which have a combined capacity of 82 MW, to gold producer Westgold Resources.
Fortescue invests in solar-gas-battery project to power its Pilbara operations
Resources giant Fortescue Metals will invest $US450 million ($668 million) in the next stage of its Pilbara Energy Connect program to combine 150 MW of gas-fired generation, 150 MW of solar PV and a grid-scale battery. The hybrid generation project will provide low cost power to the Iron Bridge magnetite project currently under construction.
