SolarPowered Gold Mining at the Essakane Mine | Burkina ...
The solar plant covers an area of 22 hectares on the mine's site. Approximatively 130,000 photovoltaic modules are installed on the plant. On a yearly basis, the fuel oil consumption will be reduced by approximately 6mn litres, representing a reduction of about 18,500t of CO2 emissions. The capital cost of the project is US25mn.