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Pampa Elvira Solar Copper Mining (COLDECO)
39 000 m²
Surface area of thermal solar collectors
4 300 m³
Hot water storage volume
50 000 MWh
Annual production
15 000 tCO2
CO2 emissions avoided per year
Summary
A project carried out by Newheat Latam, our joint venture with Sunmark Chile, dedicated to the decarbonisation of copper mines in Chile.
The solar thermal plant supplies heat to Codelco‘s Gabriela Mistral copper mine in Chile. It replaces 85% of the fossil fuel used in the electro-extraction process.
Date of commissioning
2013
Solar peak power
32 MWth
Country
Chili
Presentation of the heat consumer client
- Codelco is one of the world’s leading copper producers.
- The Pampa Elvira solar thermal plant is one of the largest in the world.
- Electroextraction, or electrolysis, is the final stage in copper processing, which produces pure copper from a solution or raw metal.
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