The Round Top heavy rare earth and critical mineral project in West Texas, US, will be powered by only renewable energy, funding and development partner USA Rare Earth announced on Tuesday.
The project is located in Hudspeth county, which reports 292 days of sunshine a year with average sunshine of about 10 hours a day.
Citing the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of the Department of Energy, USA Rare Earth said that the average daily solar irradiance in south-western Texas was of more than 5.5kWh/m2.