- CrossBoundary Energy is set to deploy a 13MW solar plus storage plant at a Senegal mine.
- EPC contractor juwi Renewable Energies will install the system.
- CrossBounfary will sell the energy generated to mine operator GCO for 15 years.
Clean energy services provider CrossBoundary Energy has signed an agreement with Grande Côte Operations (GCO), a subsidiary of French mining and metallurgical group Eramet. Under the agreement, CrossBoundary will install a 13MW hybrid solar power plant plus storage at the company’s mineral sands mine in Diogo, north-western Senegal.
CrossBoundary Energy will finance, build and operate the hybrid solar power plant. The plant will be connected to an 8MW battery storage system to meet the quarry’s energy needs during low solar power generation. CrossBoundary will sell the energy generated under a 15-year PPA to GCO. juwi Renewable Energies will be the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for the project.CrossBoundary expects to commission the hybrid solar plant in early 2023.
According to GCO’s CEO, Guillaume Kurek, the clean energy from the hybrid plant will contribute to the company’s environmental and economic performance. “The environmental value of the raw materials, titanium and zircon that GCO produces will be positively impacted. This concrete commitment to low-carbon energy reflects the values and ambition of GCO and Eramet’s teams to provide solutions to the climate challenge and the well-being of all,” he adds. CrossBoundary estimates that the plant is would reduce CO2 emissions from GCO’s operations by 40% by 2035.