In December 2023 Aggreko won the bid to build, own and operate a 12.4 megawatt (MW) solar farm and 8.8MW/2.1MWh Battery Energy Storage System, also known as BESS, under a long-term power purchase agreement for Rio Tinto’s Amrun project in Weipa, Queensland.
The project, which will supplement power currently supplied by our diesel generators, will help reduce Scope 2 emissions at Rio’s Weipa operations by up to 10 per cent.
Once operational, the solar farm and BESS are expected to reduce Amrun’s diesel electricity consumption by 37 percent or approximately 5.5 million litres of diesel fuel per year. This will reduce annual CO2 emissions by approximately 14,000 tonnes.
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