South African Mining Company Strategies to Set up a 10 MW Solar Project

• South Africa-based Marula Platinum Mine has issued an ask for information (RfI) for establishing a 10 MW solar project to power its procedures.

Marula inquired on just how to design, money, supply, construct, commission, operate, and preserve a 10 MW solar project at its platinum mine in Limpopo, South Africa. It additionally requires analyses, suggestions to the mine's management, and information concerning the advancement, land demands, as well as securing environmental as well as technological authorizations for the project.

The due date for the RfI is October 20, 2020. It noted that events need not quote rates, indication agreements, or send a proposal for this process.

The business, had by South African Holding Company Implats, explained the step mentioning issues with the quality of power provided by its state utility Eskom which have detrimentally influenced its production.

Furthermore, Marula claimed that recent regulatory changes by the nation's Department of Minerals Resource and also Energy permitting mining companies to make use of different sources of power, consisting of self-generation options, to satisfy their manufacturing as well as growth demands.

Earlier, Mercom reported that Sasol, a South Africa-based incorporated chemicals and energy company, has provided a request for proposal to establish two solar projects of 10 MW at its Secunda and Sasolburg facilities. It claimed it would sign a lasting power acquisition arrangement with the effective prospective buyer to supply electrical power to its facilities. The company said it is devoted to securing 600 MW of renewable energy capacity ultimately, and this tender was the primary step in that direction.

Formerly, ArcelorMittal South Africa, a steel manufacturer, issued a request for info to hire independent power producers to set up solar power projects at six areas in South Africa. The company plans to enter into power acquisition contracts with IPPs to build, possess, as well as run solar projects at Vanderbijlpark, Newcastle, Vereeniging, Pretoria, Thabazimbi, as well as Saldanha. These projects will certainly be used to supply low-priced power for its procedures throughout these websites.