AFRICA EVENT REPORT POD 2 : MEETING ESG AND CLIMATE GOALS WITH HYBRID SOLUTIONS
GAS-TO-POWER AND HYBRID SOLUTIONS FOR MINES Alex Marshall, Group Director, Clarke Energy Clarke Energy has supplied and installed over 7.4 gigawatts of power generation and energy storage equipment globally. Operating in 29 countries and employing 1,300 people, the company specializes in the engineering, installation and maintenance of gas fuel power plants and other distributed energy resources. Clarke Energy has installed over 700 MW of power generation in Africa, where it has operated for 25 years. Its environmentally friendly solutions for the mining industry include displacement of diesel generators; high efficiency ~ 26 ~
combined heat and power generation; renewable power sourced from biogas, biomethane and hydrogen; grid balancing stations; and battery energy storage systems supporting micro grids. Marshall observed that carbon reduction could also enhance business profitability. “On a basic level an industrial customer in Nigeria can switch from diesel fuel power generation to natural gas fuel generation and pay off the capital expenditure within a two to three year period on fuel cost savings alone,” he said. At the Abakaliki mining site in Nigeria, which was awaiting the connection of pipeline gas, Clarke demonstrated a compressed natural gas solution for the interim. Clarke Energy’s expertise can be valuable
