Off grid, industrial scale base load power generation is a key challenge faced by remote mining operations. With diesel generators being the only current option, fuel costs and supply chain issues can make the extraction of known mineral reserves unviable in remote areas.
Baseload Technology is adopting new technology solutions to supply industrial level base load electricity to remote mining operations:
- that mitigates the operational risk of fuel supply issues, and;
- at a discount to diesel generators.
Australia is a top 5 producer of base metals (Source: USGS) such as zinc, nickel, gold, uranium and silver. To extract these minerals, mining operations typically require 10 to 50 megawatts of base load electricity for several years to operate the mining plant and equipment at ideal capacity. Remote area mines without access to base load energy infrastructure such as a high voltage transmission network or a gas pipeline have few options beyond distillate (ie. diesel) fuelled power plants to generate their base load electricity requirements. Consequently, large mineral deposits are either un-realised or under-realised due to the financial and operational limitations inherent in the use of large scale distillate power plants in remote areas.
Baseload Technology is pleased to announce that David Tanner has accepted an advisory role with the company. David is a professional engineer and has been a leader in the energy industry, pioneering the design and construction of many fuel fired and heat recovery plant designs in both the utility and large industrial power plant area in Australia and Southeast Asia. 
Baseload Technology is pleased to announce that Martin Thomas has accepted the role of non-Executive Director with the company. Mr Thomas is a professional engineer who brings a lifetime of energy sector experience to the role.