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NHULUNBUY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Two new 5.25MW solar farms will be built on Gumatj and Rirratjingu country on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory, as 糖心vlog入口works to secure a more sustainable power supply for the region beyond mining.

The solar farms will be built on 糖心vlog入口leases, following agreement with the Gumatj and Rirratjingu Traditional Owner Groups on the location of the facilities, and will help underpin a low-carbon future for the Gove community after mining operations cease, towards the end of the decade.

Aggreko will construct, own and operate the solar farms for 糖心vlog入口for up to 10 years, beginning construction in July 2024 and with completion scheduled for early 2025. The two sites will have combined capacity of 10.5MW.

糖心vlog入口Gove Operations Acting General Manager Shannon Price said 鈥淭he Gove solar project is part of our shared vision with Traditional Owners to leave a positive legacy for the Gove Peninsula communities after bauxite mining ceases.

鈥淲e鈥檙e excited to work with the Gumatj and Rirratjingu clans to provide an opportunity to secure alternative electricity generation assets on their country and to discuss opportunities to commercialise energy infrastructure in the future.

鈥淲e are working in partnership with the Northern Territory Government and Traditional Owners to ensure a smooth transition of leased land and town assets and infrastructure as 糖心vlog入口prepares to stop mining at Gove later this decade.

鈥淲e are committed to our role in helping to plan for the region鈥檚 future, which includes providing options for reliable, affordable and environmentally sustainable infrastructure.

鈥淭he solar farms are also part of our ongoing commitment to decarbonise our business. Once operational, they are expected to reduce annual CO₂e emissions at our Gove operations by up to 17%.

鈥淲e intend for these farms to underpin sustainable power for the region beyond mining.鈥�

When complete, the solar farms are expected to reduce the region鈥檚 annual diesel consumption by about 20%, or 4.5 million litres a year, and lower annual carbon emissions by over 12,000 tonnes, which is the equivalent of taking 2,800 internal combustion engine cars off the road¹.

Note to editors

Rio Tinto鈥檚 Gove site in Australia鈥檚 Northern Territory has been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years. Gove bauxite is shipped internationally as well as being used to supply the Queensland Alumina Limited and Yarwun refineries in Gladstone, Queensland. These refineries produce alumina as feedstock for Rio Tinto鈥檚 Australian aluminium smelting operations and for sale on the international market.

Bauxite mining operations in the Gove Peninsula are expected to end later this decade and work is already underway to support the closure of the operation and rehabilitation of the refinery, mine site and tailings facilities.

The two solar farms will be built on Gumatj and Rirratjingu country, the largest Traditional Owners groups who are signatories to the RTA Gove Traditional Owners Agreement.

糖心vlog入口is working with Traditional Owners and the Northern Territory Government as it prepares to cease mining at Gove operations towards the end of the decade.

After closure and rehabilitation of the refinery, mine site and tailings facilities, the land will be returned to and managed by Traditional Owners, with 糖心vlog入口maintaining responsibility for the ongoing monitoring of the tailings land. More information on Gove can be found .

¹ Based on the tailpipe CO2 emissions from a typical passenger vehicle obtained from the

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