Grant Beringer
Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) is investing in a 200 MW solar power plant designed to speed up its decarbonization program in step with the Barrick Gold Corp.’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Roadmap. NGM is majority owned and operated by Barrick.
NGM is partnering with First Solar to fabricate all modules required to help the 200 MW development, solely within the United States. NGM has dedicated to a 20% carbon discount by 2025. This might be achieved by way of the 200 MW solar array development and the conversion of NGM’s coal fired power plant to cleaner burning pure gasoline.
NGM has commenced detailed engineering and expects to start development within the third quarter of 2022. The modules equipped by First Solar are anticipated to be delivered to start with of the second quarter of 2023 and can power each phases of the power plant. The venture is scheduled to fee each section I and section II by early 2024.
“The project is the latest in a series of carbon-reducing initiatives across the group’s global operations,” says Grant Beringer, Barrick’s group sustainability govt. “The solar power plant will complement the transition of NGM’s coal power plant to a dual fuel process, which will enable it to generate electricity from natural gas, reducing carbon emissions by as much as 50 percent.”
