SA's biggest gold mine to harness solar power – combatting load shedding and saving R123m a year - Business Insider South Africa

South Africa's South Deep gold mine will soon draw a quarter of its electricity from a solar power plant the size of 200 soccer fields.

• Gold Fields' South Deep mine will start drawing energy from the sun before the end of the year.
• The 100,000-panel, 50MW-capacity solar power plant will occupy an area of 105ha or roug… [+3259 chars]
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