Gold miner Gold Fields on Wednesday announced a A$112-million investment into an energy micro-grid combining wind, solar, gas and battery storage at its Agnew mine, in Western Australia.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) will contribute A$13.5-million in funding for the micro-grid, which will consist of five wind turbines delivering an 18 MW wind farm, a 10 000 panel 4 MW solar farm and a 13 MW/4 MWh battery energy storage system with security and reliability of a micro-grid underpinned with a 16 MW gas engine power station.