Agnew

Agnew

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Agnew
Agnew
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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.
juwi Renewable EnergiesIn 1996, Fred Jung (ju) and Matthias Willenbacher (wi) founded the juwi group installing their first wind energy plants in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. Afterwards, the company, which is now headquartered in Wörrstadt near Mains, grew steadily with wind and solar energy projects in Germany, in Europe and abroad. Today, the juwi group focuses on the planning, construction and operation of wind farms in Germany and on utility-scale solar energy projects in the United States, the Middle East, South Africa as well as South-East Asia and Australia. Since the end of 2014, Mannheim-based energy supplier MVV Energie AG has been a partner and majority shareholder of the juwi group, which has approximately 1,000 employees worldwide. juwi is one of the pioneers of the still young renewable energy industry. Our background and our experience are the basis of our identity which drives us towards a 100% renewable energy supply.

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