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OZ Minerals Limited West Musgrave Nickel and Copper Sulphide Wind, solar PV, battery storage, diesel Announcement Dates: December 9, 2020; February 4, 2022; March 18, 2022
OZ Minerals Limited has received the EPA’s environmental approval for its giant $1.1 billion West Musgrave nickel and copper sulphide project. The project would be crucial to balance the supply of battery metals in the fast-growing EV and batteries markets. EPA APPROVAL OZ Minerals has committed to achieve “net-zero” by 2040, and the West Musgrave project will use a mix of renewables to power its operations. Around 80% of the project’s power supplies will be provided by renewables over the project’s initial 26 year life with a 70-80 MW wind farm, 40-50 MW solar PV array and 20-30 MW/25-35 MWh battery storage system to be complemented by a 45-55 MW installation of diesel gensets. OZ has committed that West Musgrave’s Scope 1 emissions will drop from 196,500t CO2 equivalent a year from the start of 36
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