After nearly nine years of reliable operations, EDL’s Coober Pedy Hybrid Renewable Power Station has surpassed a major milestone with 116 hours of continuous diesel-free operations. That’s almost five straight days of energy for the iconic Australian mining town, all generated exclusively by wind, solar and battery power. The power station came online in mid-2017…
Read moreEDL’s General Manager for Remote Energy, Geoff Hobley, was a guest speaker at the Energy and Mines Australia Summit 2024, held on 7-8 May in Perth, Western Australia. The theme for this year’s 8th Energy and Mines Australia Summit was ‘The Decarbonised Mine’, with energy companies and miners seeking to advance their focus from target…
Read moreEDL’s Head of Growth, Jason Dickfos, is guest speaker at the Energy and Mines Australia Summit 2023, in Perth, Western Australia. Now in its 7th year, the Energy and Mines Australia Summit brings together leaders from the energy industry to discuss the latest insights and strategies for realising net-zero targets. Jason will speak about EDL’s…
Read moreGeoff Hobley, General Manager Remote Energy at EDL, talks about the future of sustainable energy at mine sites and mine decarbonisation. Geoff also discusses the increased uptake of renewables by mining companies and the challenges faced when delivering these projects. A sustainable future for mining, Energy and Mines Magazine, Issue 42, June 2022
Read moreSustainable energy producer EDL has flipped the switch on its Jabiru Hybrid Renewable Power Station, giving the remote Northern Territory township of Jabiru a flying start into its future as an ecologically sustainable tourism and services hub for the region. EDL CEO James Harman said the new 11.4MW solar-battery-diesel power station had replaced the town’s…
Read moreWorks on the Jabiru Hybrid Renewable Project will get underway from 15 June 2021, starting with site clearing and preparation for the construction of the new power station and solar farm.
Read moreLeading global energy producer EDL has been appointed by the Northern Territory Government to build, own and operate the Jabiru Hybrid Renewable Project to supply power to the remote, off-grid Northern Territory town of Jabiru.
Read moreGlobal distributed energy producer EDL’s Agnew Hybrid Renewable Project in Western Australia has edged out competition from around the world to be named Engineering Solution of the Year at the 2020 Global Energy Awards.
Read moreLeading energy producer EDL and global miner Gold Fields were joint winners at the Australian Engineering Excellence Awards for 2020, as their Agnew Hybrid Renewable Project was hailed as “a significant step forward in hybrid renewable energy engineering at scale”.
Read moreGlobal energy producer EDL has successfully completed the 56MW Agnew Hybrid Renewable Project for Gold Fields’ Agnew Gold Mine in remote Western Australia.
All five wind turbines are now up and running and successfully integrated into Australia’s largest hybrid renewable microgrid, and the first in the country to power a mine with wind-generated electricity on a large scale. In favourable weather conditions, the project has delivered up to 70% of Agnew’s power requirements with renewable energy.
