Microgrid solutions for Mining
We electrify the world with advanced grid technologies to accelerate the energy transition.
As the global energy transition drives the growth of electric vehicles, renewable energy, hydrogen, and battery storage systems, demand for essential minerals of the energy transition value chain is on the rise. Coupled with this surge is the mining industry’s commitment to further support the decarbonization journey in terms of its own operation, electrification, and power generation needs.
With their commitment to reducing carbon emission by 30% through 2030 and 100% by 2050, the mining industry is facing some challenges
Corporate sustainability and mine decarbonization continue to be challenged with efficiency, electrification and renewable investment. To decarbonize, diesel systems need to be replaced with new electrified mine equipment. This means considering potential investments in renewable and energy storage for remote power generation. Operational challenges may need to be addressed - like network dependent peaking to avoid heavy price penalties associated with intermittent large loads. Any production or critical equipment downtime due to electrical reliability and resiliency may benefit from a holistic electrical evaluation of the mine.
Our approach brings key advantages
Our holistic support for the mining industry is focused on delivering greater mine power reliability, resiliency, energy independence, and electrical experience. This is all achievable through advanced grid controls, automation, and digital features that connect complex power and electrical infrastructure across your mine.
Our solutions are flexible, scalable, and configurable to support your specific needs. From a first equipment pilot to a full end-to-end solution, or anywhere in between, we can help bring your utility into a new era of opportunity. Our broad experience lets us better understand your needs as we develop a path to achieve your desired outcome. GE brings a complete range of technologies and power and electrification knowledge together to enable cleaner, safer, more competitive, and more efficient operation for your facility.
Choosing the right solution for your local power system
GE provides customers with broad techno-economic consulting expertise as it relates to microgrid and DER infrastructure development. Our teams utilize a variety of software programs to help analyzing and optimizing microgrid/DER solutions fit for your unique problem statement. We've been engaged in this specific type of work for the last 5-10 years. Our customers are looking for guidance in developing a low-cost solution to address issues surrounding reliability and resiliency of local power systems. In some instances, they are also looking to decarbonize these power systems with added renewables and/or seeking to establish to revenue sources. We address these challenges using broad industry expertise spanning a range of topic areas.
We work with our customers to make challenging energy asset decisions, while helping them reduce potential risks. We focus on the planning, design, and operation of interconnected power systems.
We analyze regulatory and performance requirements. We know: Each project has unique features and intricacies that require specialized analysis and study work.
This is where GE Energy Consulting can help to make the right decision.