Wind Power Development

Action:

• The wind turbine has successfully operated for three consecutive years, delivering 20.1 GWh of renewable energy to the Glencore RAGLAN Mine, abating 5.1 million litres of diesel and 14,424 tons of CO2 equivalent in greenhouse gas emissions.
• Through 2015 and 2016 the wind turbine achieved a record-setting 97.6% uptime average (among the world’s best in 3MW class).
• The wind and storage system will be monitored for a minimum of five years.

Potential:

• Acting as a flagship site for future industrial scale wind power development in the region, Glencore’s Raglan mine successfully demonstrates that harvesting wind energy can improve long-term economic stability and energy security, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental footprint of Canada’s northern mining operations and communities.
• The company is currently installing another wind turbine, with even more storage.