Title page 1

Contents 5

Executive Summary 3

1.0. Introduction 8

2.0. Renewable Energy in the Mining Sector 11

3.0. Renewable Energy in Mining: Current practices and emerging lessons 14

3.1. Opportunities for Renewable Energy 15

3.2. Emerging Technologies 15

3.3. Shifting Operational Models 15

3.4. Regional Developments 15

3.5. Opportunities and Challenges for Local Socio-Economic Development 16

4.0. Renewable Energy in Mining and Community Resilience 17

4.1. Community Resilience: Setting the scene 17

4.2. Renewables in Mining Operations: Improving community resilience 18

4.2.1. Deployment of Low-Carbon Solutions 18

4.2.2. Resilience and Adaptation 20

4.2.3. Circular Economy 23

5.0. Practical Policy Recommendations to Leverage Renewable Energy for Community Resilience 26

5.1. Setting Out the Conditions for Effective Renewable Energy Sharing Policies for Community Resilience 26

5.1.1. Planning, Institutional Strengthening, Policy Coherence and Coordination 26

5.1.2. Consultations and Partnerships 37

5.1.3. Expanding the Scope of Local Content Policies 44

5.1.4. Incentives and Facilitative Measures for Infrastructure Sharing 50

6.0. Conclusions 55

References 56

TABLE 1. Energy uses in mining processes 11

TABLE 2. Renewables adoption avenues for mining processes 12

TABLE 3. Key skills for the renewable energy sector 48

FIGURE 1. Climate-smart framework building blocks 18