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EDL’s landmark Agnew Hybrid Renewable Project at Gold Fields’ Agnew Gold Mine is Australia’s largest hybrid renewable microgrid, and the first in the country to power a mine with wind generated electricity on a large scale. juwi undertook the development, design and integration of the solar PV and cloud forecasting system and delivered these in combination with a microgrid control system to integrate with EDL’s thermal power station master control system.
The microgrid at Agnew comprises four key components managed by an advanced control system:
• five 110m wind turbines, each with a rotor diameter of 140m, delivering 18MW
• a 10,710-panel solar farm generating 4MW
• a 13MW/4MWh battery system
• off-grid 21MW gas/diesel engine power plant.
The microgrid provides the mine with more than 50% renewable energy over the long term, without compromising power quality or reliability. Over a year, the microgrid is expected to abate and avoid 46,400 tCO2e.