Barrick-operated Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) has now completed the construction of the second and final phase of a 200 MW solar power plant, with the capability of producing 17% of NGM's annual power demand while realising a reduction of 234,000 t/y of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.
The 21st century's new gold rush is not for a metal, but for energy, and the new frontier is low-Earth orbit. Google's "Project Suncatcher" is the latest entry in a race to mine the "unlimited, low-cost renewable energy" of space-based solar power.
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