Rio Tinto to build US$98m solar plant to power iron ore mine

摘要

Rio Tinto has approved a US$98 million (A$144 million) investment in a new solar plant at the company's new Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara, Australia, as well as a lithium-ion battery energy storage system to help power its entire Pilbara power network. The 34-MW solar photovoltaic plant is expected to supply all of Koodaideri's electricity demand during peak solar power generation times and approximately 65 per cent of the mine's average electricity demand when it begins operations in late 2021.