Bill Gates-backed solar startup is bringing carbon-free power to the mining industry

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Heliogen, the Bill Gates-backed clean energy startup, is bringing its field of mirrors to the Mojave Desert.

In a bid to bring carbon-free power to heavy industry, Heliogen announced Wednesday that mining behemoth Rio Tinto plans to deploy the startup's breakthrough solar technology at California's largest open pit mine, located in Boron. Heliogen says this will be the first concentrated solar technology used to power a mine in the United States, and perhaps the world.

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The announcement makes Rio Tinto, the world's second largest mining company, Heliogen's first announced customer. The partnership is a key test of whether Heliogen's technology can truly replace fossil fuels used to power large-scale industrial operations. And that could go a long way in fighting the climate crisis.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bill-gates-backed-solar-startup-is-bringing-carbon-free-power-to-the-mining-industry/ar-BB1eUJ1T?li=BBnb7Kz

[NNadir]

1. Oh good. Since the so called "renewable energy" industry relies on intensive mining...

...this ought to offset it, assuming that they only mine for four hours a day when the weather is good.