OUR references
Escondida Copper Mining (BHP Group Ltd)
93 000 m²
Surface area of thermal solar collectors
15 000 m³
Hot water storage volume
117 000 MWh
Annual production
29 000 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 for the electro-extraction (or electrolysis) process at BHP‘s Escondida mine.
Date of commissioning
2013
Solar peak power
90 MWth
Country
Chili
Presentation of the heat consumer client
- BHP Group Ltd is one of the world’s leading producers of iron ore, copper and metallurgical coal.
- The Escondida mine deposit, located in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, is the world’s largest copper producer.
- Electro-extraction, or electrolysis, is the final stage in copper processing, which produces pure copper from a solution or raw metal.
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