BHP, Canada's TransAlta to build solar farms at Western Australia nickel site

TransAlta Renewables

30/07/2021 03:15

July 30 (Reuters) - BHP Group Ltd  BHP.AX  said on Friday it
would build two solar farms and a battery storage system in
partnership with Canada's TransAlta Renewables Inc  RNW.TO  at
its nickel project site in Western Australia.
    The global miner said the project will help reduce carbon
emissions by 12% compared with 2020 levels at its Mt Keith and
Leinster operations, where power is currently being generated
through diesel and gas turbines. 
    The proposed solar farms will also help produce sustainable
low-carbon nickel used in electric-vehicle batteries, BHP said,
for which the company signed a supply agreement with Tesla Inc
 TSLA.O  last week.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2OX3TC
    The project will contribute to the miner's medium-term
target to reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions from its assets by at
least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, it said. (https://bit.ly/3rFGxHk)
    BHP said the construction of the farms is scheduled to begin
in the second quarter of 2022 and would take 12 to 14 months for
completion.

 (Reporting by Savyata Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by
Ramakrishnan M.)
 ((Savyata.Mishra@thomsonreuters.com;))