ČEZ Group is testing the central sections of conveyor belts in strip coal mines to serve as structures for carrying photovoltaic power plants.| Power Engineering International
SolGold PLC has signed an MOU to spearhead a 200MW hydro-solar initiative to power its Cascabel copper-gold mine project in northern Ecuador.| Power Engineering International
Plans have been announced to repurpose a disused shaft at the Pyhäsalmi Mine in Finland into an underground energy storage.| Power Engineering International
Wärtsilä has expanded an existing O&M agreement with QIT Madagascar Minerals S.A (QMM), to optimise and decarbonise energy assets.| Power Engineering International
An operational coal mine in Slovenia has become the latest mine in mainland Europe to look to gravity energy storage.| Power Engineering International
In Australia, pumped hydro projects are proposed after open-cut mining, but research from IEEFA suggests governments – and taxpayers – should be wary.| Power Engineering International
On the Italian island of Sardinia, Energy Vault is planning to develop a 100MW hybrid gravity energy storage system within a 500-meter-deep coal mine shaft.| Power Engineering International
Atlantic Mining Nova Scotia and Natural Forces are working to explore the viability of a renewable energy hub at the Touquoy Gold Mine in Nova Scotia.| Power Engineering International
The US DOE has announced up to $475 million in funding for five clean energy projects to be deployed on current and former mine land.| Power Engineering International