Rio tinto approves new solar plant to power kennecott

Salt lake city, utah--(business wire)--rio tinto has approved construction of a new 25-megawatt solar plant at its kennecott copper operation in utah, bringing the mine's total solar capacity to 30mw. the new solar plant will be located next to kennecott's existing 5mw solar plant, which was completed in 2023. together, the two solar plants will reduce kennecott's scope 2 emissions by approximately 6%, or 21,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year. this is equivalent to removing around 5.
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