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Green Gravity

  • 29 Mar 2023

Recently, Green Gravity, an Australian renewable-energy company, has announced plans to generate electricity using gravity-based solutions in India's Kolar Gold Fields (KGF).

  • The company will haul a weighted block, weighing up to 40 tonnes, up to the top of a deep mine shaft using renewable power during the day.
  • The block's fall under gravity will power a generator via a connected shaft or rotor when backup power is required.
  • Green Gravity is testing the system in Australian mines.
  • The company plans to assess the feasibility of the KGF mines in India in the coming year.
  • The project will be funded by India's Ministry of Mines and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.