Sustainable Development Planning
Renewable and Mining
The mining industry is confronted with the challenge of having to operate in increasingly remote locations where access to reliable sources of energy can be problematic.
The Joint Venture between Sertum Energy and Sintec focuses on reducing costs, cutting emissions, and securing renewable energy supplies for the mining sector. These are critical times for the mining industry which has become subject to ever increasing pressure from governments, customers, and other stakeholders, to operate in a sustainable manner.
Today, market drivers and policy issues are influencing the increasing interest from mining companies in renewable energy and in the evaluation of the constraints associated with the different technologies. Sertum Energy and Sintec have been established in the international energy market for several years. Together the two companies have all the skills required to address the issues of renewable energy technology, and design, plan, and develop innovative and environmentally sustainable projects, and obtaining the necessary authorizations.
The Sertum Sintec Joint Venture aims to outline the opportunities and highlight the issues which need to be overcome in order to solve the dilemmas faced by the mining industry in respect of renewable energy sources.
Our business model is based on the conception and design of sustainable, ideal, energy solutions which are tailored to the needs of the mining industry. Our focus is primarily on photovoltaic technology, however our competences cover also thermal solar energy, wind energy, biomass energy, hydro energy and energy conservation.
Starting from a green field, we verify the technical and environmental constraints, form a plan, prepare a feasibility study, stipulate the necessary contracts for land and access rights, and obtain all the authorisations and licences necessary for the construction and operation of plants for the production of energy from renewable and hybrid sources.
At the end of the authorization process we offer assistance during the due diligence and engineering phase, and work with investors and construction and engineering companies to achieve a successful execution of the project.
We also offer assistance during the due diligence and engineering phase.
An added value to the mining industry.
The mining industry is confronted with the challenge of having to operate in increasingly remote locations where access to reliable sources of energy can be problematic. Having access to the know-how and technology that can address the need of energy becomes a differentiation and is often the enabler to access resources otherwise not recoverable. Many mining companies are already looking at Renewable Energy not only as an opportunity to reduce their carbon footprint, but also as a realistic option for gaining independence from unreliable power grids, or as an alternative to diesel powered generation which is becoming less and less viable because of the increasing cost of fuel and mandatory emissions regulations. Sertum Energy and Sintec are in the perfect position to understand the needs of the Mining Industry and to integrate renewable energy solutions into its energy plan.
In a high investment scenario, Pike Research forecasts that combined spending in the world by the mining industry on renewable energy and energy conservation will reach over $15.6 billion by 2016 and exceed $30 billion annually by 2020. In a scenario in which investment is lower, due to a slowing of the international economy and subsequent less vigorous policy mandates pertaining to climate change, Pike Research forecasts expenditures of approximately $8.4 billion by 2016 and nearly $20 billion by 2020.
