The Namibian unit of Canada-based mining firm B2Gold Corp. is constructing an $11 million photo voltaic venture on the Otjikoto Mine in central Namibia. The set up is scheduled to start operations in January 2025.
B2Gold Namibia, a unit of Canada-based mining firm B2Gold Corp., says it’ll develop using renewable power on the Otjikoto Mine in central Namibia with a brand new 10 MW photo voltaic plant
Sustainable Power Solutions, a South African firm, is constructing the venture via its Namibian consultant, Fortitude Property Group. B2Gold will purchase all the facility generated by the €11 million plant.
B2Gold Namibia’s nation supervisor, John Roos, mentioned pv journal that the power will begin supplying electrical energy from January 2025, with an settlement to provide the mine for eight years.
The Otjikoto Mine in Namibia is anticipated to provide between 180,000 and 200,000 ounces of gold by 2024. The mine relies on electrical energy supplied by Namibia’s state energy utility firm, NamPower, from which it attracts about 14 MW to fifteen MW recurrently for its mining operations. Energy consumption accounts for six% of the mine’s working prices, Roos mentioned.
Namibia covers renewable power consumption at 30% aside from electrical energy supplied by NamPower. However, the Electricity Regulatory Board could increase this cover as a result of rising variety of photo voltaic arrays, wind farms, and inexperienced hydrogen websites. Roos mentioned that if the cap will increase, B2Gold Namibia plans to maximise its use of renewable power to chop CO2 emissions.
B2Gold Corp. has introduced. the goal to cut back scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gasoline (GHG) emissions by 30% in 2030, towards the baseline in 2021.
B2Gold operates absolutely autonomous hybrid energy vegetation at its Otjikoto website in Namibia and its Fekola website in Mali. The Otjikoto plant provides 5.8 MW (AC) of photo voltaic capability, whereas the Fekola venture will attain 30 MW.
The enlargement of the Fekola photo voltaic plant is anticipated to extend the solar energy capability by 22 MW and scale back heavy oil consumption by a median of seven.6 million liters per yr. The development of the Fekola photo voltaic plant enlargement venture is estimated to be accomplished within the third quarter of 2024.
B2Gold is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and operates gold mines in Mali, Namibia, the Philippines, and Canada.
Namibia’s present put in renewable capability is simply over 30% of complete era. The authorities plans to develop energy era capacities, with 60% anticipated from renewable power by 2030. A complete of 760 MW of grid-connected renewable power capability is anticipated to be put in by that point.
Figures from the Electricity Control Board present that Namibia has 990 MW of electrical energy so as to add to the nationwide grid if the varied proposed renewable power tasks come to fruition. The tasks embody photo voltaic arrays and wind farms.
NamPower’s present renewable power tasks embody the 20 MW Khan photo voltaic venture, 44 MW Diaz wind farm, 50 MW CERIM wind venture, 100 MW Rosh Pinah photo voltaic array, and the 44 MW Otjikoto biomass energy station.
According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Namibia can have roughly 170 MW of cumulative put in PV capability by the top of 2023.
Author: Chamwe Kaira
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