POWER

Granny Smith going solar

ONE of the world’s largest renewable energy micro grid systems is to be installed at Gold Fields’ Granny Smith gold mine east of Laverton in Western Australia’s Goldfields region.

The existing power station at Granny Smith.

The existing power station at Granny Smith.

The miner has contracted mobile and modular power company Aggreko to design, build and operate the 8 megawatt solar power generation system along with battery storage at the mine. The system will be...

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