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Australia's Rio Tinto to pursue development of solar farm for WA iron ore ops

Australia's Rio Tinto said on Monday it has actually accepted establish an 80 megawatt (MW) solar farm to facilitate the supply of renewable resource to its operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

The solar farm could displace as much as 11% of natural gas currently used for generation across Rio's incorporated mining operations in the Pilbara, Rio stated.

The project has the potential to decrease the miner's. emissions by approximately 120 kiloton carbon dioxide emissions per year. as soon as complete, it included.

An expediency research study for the solar task, which is. anticipated to be situated beside Rio's existing Yurralyi Maya. Power Station near Karratha, will involve early 2025, with. commissioning to happen in 2027.

600MW to 700MW of renewable resource will be required by. 2030 to displace the majority of gas usage throughout Rio's Pilbara. power network, Rio projects, pressurized by further energy. requirements to support fleet electrification across its. portfolio, which is anticipated after 2030.

Shares in the miner increased as much as 1% by 0426 GMT, in. tandem with a 1% rise in the Aussie mining sub-index.

(source: Reuters)