Gold Fields to build its biggest renewable energy project yet at St Ives

JSE- and NYSE-listed Gold Fields’ board has approved a A$296-million, or $195-million, renewable energy project to be built at the St Ives mine, in Western Australia.

The plant, comprising 42 MW of wind and 35 MW of solar capacity, will be the largest in the Gold Fields portfolio, to date, and will provide 73% of the electricity required by the operation.