Opportunities to integrate solar technologies into the Chilean lithium mining industry – reducing process related GHG emissions of a strategic storage resource

The Potential of Concentrated Solar Power for Remote Mine Sites in the Northern Territory, Australia

Journal of Solar Energy ◽

10.1155/2015/617356 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

M. H. Baig ◽

D. Surovtseva ◽

E. Halawa

Keyword(s):

Fossil Fuel ◽

Solar Power ◽

Environmental Concern ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Mining Industry ◽

Energy Resource ◽

Mining Operation ◽

Northern Territory ◽

Plant Design ◽

Mine Sites

The Northern Territory (NT) is among the regions in Australia and the world with the highest solar radiation intensities. The NT has many mine sites which consume significant amount of fossil fuel with consequent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The environmental concern related to the fossil fuel consumption and availability of immense solar energy resource in the NT open the possibilities for considering the provision of power to the mining sites using proven solar technologies. Concentrating solar power (CSP) systems are deemed as the potential alternatives to current fossil fuel based generating systems in mining industry in the NT. The finding is based on consideration of the major factors in determining the feasibility of CSP system installation, with particular reference to the NT mine sites. These are plant design requirements, climatic, environmental, and other requirements, and capital and operating costs. Based on these factors, four mine sites have been identified as having the potential for CSP plants installation. These are McArthur River Mine, Ranger Mine, Northern Territory Gold Mines, and Tanami Operations. Each site could be served by one CSP plant to cater for the needs of mining operation and the local communities.

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PIPELINE PROGRAM CDM DI INDONESIA: SEBUAH PELUANG DAN TANTANGAN UNTUK INDUSTRI PERTAMBANGAN

Jurnal Teknosains ◽

10.22146/teknosains.3986 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Joni Safaat Adiansyah

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Mining Industry ◽

Industrial Sector ◽

Coal Bed ◽

Literature Study ◽

Fuel Substitution ◽

Mitigate Climate Change ◽

Set Up ◽

Business As Usual

Climate change is one of the world’s problems that must be dealt; the failure in tackling climate change will impact on increasing the earth temperature and endanger the archipelago countries including Indonesia. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is one of the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms designed to mitigate climate change. Indonesia is one of the countries that meets the requirement as the host of CDM program and has set up the target to reduce GHG emissions as much as 26 percent in year 2020. The industrial sector has opportunities to engage actively in reducing GHG emission including mining industry. The objectives of this research are to find out the potency of mining company’s involvement in climate change mitigation efforts particularly through CDM. In addition, the research of method that is chosen is literature study including reviewing data relating to CDM and with qualitative approached. The result shows that mining industry has a potency to involve actively in CDM program, among others, through energy efficiency, fuel substitution, renewable energy, Coal Bed Methane and the handling of critical lands through afforestation and reforestation scheme. Furthermore, by using Business as Usual assumption, the linier regression that is produced y=27.255.x + 12.711 therefore It is estimated that about 15 Mt CO2-e (assuming 4 percent reduction) needs to be derived from the energy sector in 2020 that can be taken as an opportunity for the mining industry as well.

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Costs and Benefits of the Transition to Low-carbon Economyin Russia: Perspectives up to 2050

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2014-8-70-91 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 70-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

I. Bashmakov ◽

A. Myshak

Keyword(s):

Emission Reduction ◽

High Probability ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Mitigation Measures ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Costs And Benefits ◽

Ghg Emission ◽

Research Groups ◽

Emissions Mitigation ◽

Very High

This paper investigates costs and benefits associated with low-carbon economic development pathways realization to the mid XXI century. 30 scenarios covering practically all “visions of the future” were developed by several research groups based on scenario assumptions agreed upon in advance. It is shown that with a very high probability Russian energy-related GHG emissions will reach the peak before 2050, which will be at least 11% below the 1990 emission level. The height of the peak depends on portfolio of GHG emissions mitigation measures. Efforts to keep 2050 GHG emissions 25-30% below the 1990 level bring no GDP losses. GDP impact of deep GHG emission reduction - by 50% of the 1990 level - varies from plus 4% to minus 9%. Finally, very deep GHG emission reduction - by 80% - may bring GDP losses of over 10%.

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