Rosemont Copper today unveiled a solar-energy test site near the company’s administrative offices in the foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains, where the company is vying to open a mine.
The Rosemont Copper Solar Proving Grounds was formally dedicated with local officials and members of the University of Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy, which will monitor the five systems installed there.
Rosemont has said it plans to evaluate the solar technologies and possibly use one or more of the systems on its administrative headquarters and other buildings. The company is in the process of getting various permits to open the mine.
Rosemont says the project is part of the state-of-the-art mining operation it is planning, which is designed "to maximize energy efficiency and conserve resources."
In 2010, after a review of 35 proposals, Rosemont awarded five companies with $100,000 each to develop the solar technologies that are now being tested at the Solar Proving Grounds.
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