Coeur Rochester Mine Seeking Solar Power Sources

By Solar Industry Staff – solarindustrymag.com

Project Navigator Ltd. (PNL) has been retained by Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. to assist in the development of a prospective solar development on the mine’s behalf.

PNL says it is seeking written proposals from renewable energy developers to negotiate and enter into a power purchase agreement (PPA) to provide all planning, permitting, financing, engineering, procurement, construction, operation, monitoring and maintenance of a solar power installation under a 25-year PPA at the Coeur Rochester Mine in Rochester, Nev.

The mine operates with a system-wide electrical usage totaling approximately 35 GWh on an average operating year.

The submission deadline is Oct. 17.