A mining consortium led by Australia-based miner Electric Mine Consortium is looking to deploy long-duration energy storage solutions to help decarbonize its mines.
The consortium is looking for a supplier who can deploy the solution at one or more of several mining farms in Australia.
The long-term energy storage solution planned for deployment can be thermal, battery, gravity, chemical, or any other type of energy storage technology.
The deadline for bidders to submit bids is October 13 at 5pm. These tenders will cover small-scale (under 50MWh), medium-scale (50-500MWh) and large-scale (500MWh and above) energy storage solutions.
Founded in 2021, the Electric Mine Consortium is dedicated to accelerating the move towards a fully electrified, zero-carbon mining industry by selecting technologies, shaping supplier ecosystems, influencing policymakers and communicating the business case.
The company estimates that the mining industry in Australia alone will need to deploy 9,710GWh of energy storage systems by 2030, which is equivalent to 13 times the 741GWh of storage systems currently operating globally.
In addition to the mining company, the consortium also includes Amazon Web Services and Energy Vault, a provider of gravity-based energy storage solutions.
Many of the mines operated by its consortium members operate in silos, relying on on-site generation facilities for fossil fuels, natural gas or diesel.
