Gudai-Darri Solar Farm

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REMOTE LARGE-SCALE RENEWABLE MINING SOLUTION

Gudai-Darri (Koodaideri) Open Pit Project is located 97 km NW from Newman, Western Australia, Australia. This is one of Rio Tinto's latest Iron Ore sites.

Balance with partners NRW have been contracted to deliver and install the Gudai-Darri Solar farm. This large-scale renewable energy solution is a 44MWp, 50.4MVA total inverter capacity solar farm, limited to 34MVA (630A) output at the point of connection.

Location:: Gudai-Darri, Western Australia

Project:: Rio Tinto, 44MWp Solar Farm

Solution:: 44MWp, 50.4MVA total inverter capacity solar farm

Commissioned:: In Construction

THE GOALS

Rio Tinto is dedicated to reducing carbon emissions across their operations. The Gudai-Darri solar farm, once commissioned will supply approximately 65% of Gudai-Darri's average electricity demand and limit the mine's annual carbon dioxide by 90,000 tonnes, compared to conventional gas powered generation. That is the equivalent of taking 28,000 cars off the road.

The main components of the solution consists of;

12 inverter skids
81,424 PV modules