Powering your on-grid mine operations
We help on-grid mine operators increase flexibility, respond to emergencies, and create energy more efficiently.
Even if your mine is connected to the grid for power, that doesn’t mean your energy is efficient or guaranteed. Relying on grid energy puts vital equipment and downtime in somebody else’s hands. As your mine grows over time and your power supply requirements change, the grid may be unable to keep up.
We support the mining sector with flexible ways to supplement or replace grid energy, scaling up capacity while increasing resilience and lowering costs. With our equipment and expertise, you can:
- Add power capacity without spending your capital
- Prepare for emergencies and unplanned downtime
- Optimize your profit margins by reducing energy costs
- Progress your energy transition at your own pace
Aggreko’s difference: putting you in complete control
The grid puts a ceiling on your options and growth potential. We put your needs first with power solutions built entirely around your requirements and with flexibility as standard.

Scalable, flexible solutions
With Aggreko, you get the power you need, when and how you need it. When situations change, our flexible rental options let you adapt seamlessly. Our modular packages give you the ability to ramp your power up or down whenever you need to.
From start to finish
As a long-term power partner, we’ll ensure your mine is always on at every stage – from early exploration and feasibility testing, construction and commissioning, all the way through to production, expansion, ramp-down, closure, and rehabilitation.

Increased resilience
We enable on-grid mines to increase their resilience, achieve independence from the grid, and mitigate the impact of unpredictable energy costs. We have achieved ISO 9001 Quality Management System accreditation level, which means even greater peace of mind for you.
Our mission to lower emissions
There is a global focus to reduce environmental impact across the board, and mining is at the forefront. The sector is energy intensive and regulations are in place to shrink mine footprints. We offer true fuel flexibility for your mine so you can move with whatever regulations are put in place.
End-to-end solutions for mining
We are there for the entire lifecycle of your mining operations. Our equipment and expertise ensure your site is prepared to handle any challenge, right from day one.
Site Expansions
Our modular solutions are ideal for greenfield and brownfield expansions. And with no CAPEX investment, you can prove the feasibility of a new site without the capital outlay.
Unplanned Shutdowns
Need to conduct urgent maintenance or shut down your site with little warning? We rapidly mobilize power to keep essential processes moving.
Emergency Contingency Plans
We’ll help you prepare for emergency situations in advance with a contingency plan that will silence the worries of your stakeholders.
Industrial on-grid mining power solutions
- Power generation and electrical distribution equipment to provide constant energy in addition to your grid connection. We provide a rightsized energy solution as a backup, stepping into action in the event of a power outage. We also help you reduce your costs and sensitivity to price fluctuations by moving to gas, diesel, or dual-fuel generators. And we help you shrink or scale your power supply by adding more generators as required without the inherent limits of grid capacity.
- Innovative hybrid power solutions that combine generators, renewable energy, and battery storage for the ultimate flexibility alongside or instead of mains power. Helping you reduce fuel consumption and emissions, improve efficiency and environmental compliance, and reduce energy costs.
Aggreko’s Greener Approach: creating a more sustainable mining industry
At Aggreko, we’re proud to be leading the energy transition and helping resource-intensive organizations find smarter, cleaner ways to work. We constantly invest in efficiency and strive to reduce emissions from our equipment.
For on-grid mines, the pace of the energy transition is largely set by grid operators. That makes it harder to meet your ambitions and satisfy your investors and stakeholders. In part or in full, a move away from reliance on the grid is a move towards a more efficient, sustainable future.
With our rightsized solutions, you can:

Reduce harmful emissions (CO2, NOx, PM)

Reduce noise pollution

Reduce fuel consumption and associated costs

Ensure reliability and efficiency
- Tier 4F diesel generators that work in the same way as the cleanest car engines, limiting carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter. Integrated into your solution, generators offer clean, reliable power to supplement or replace grid connectivity.
- Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) that deliver the ultimate performance efficiency by enabling you to store and consume power more flexibly. We integrate BESS into your mining operations to support your energy transition goals, without sacrificing the reliability you get from on-grid power.
- Energy Transition expertise from ways to reuse environmental heat with Combined Heat and Power (CHP) to hybrid power solutions as part of your mining industry package.
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Why do mining companies choose Aggreko?
When mining companies in on-grid locations want power and HVAC designed around their needs, they turn to Aggreko for extensive expertise and best-in-class equipment.

Fast response
With a comprehensive fleet and customer-centric service, we’re ready to deliver scalable power solutions, anywhere in the world.

Guaranteed reliability
Our Aggreko Remote Monitoring (ARM) and SCADA technology allows you to not only benefit from seamless integration of equipment but also keep a constant eye on operations and efficiency.
Greener and leaner
We help mining companies build a reputation for sustainability with low-emissions equipment and ideas to help increase efficiency.

Modular power equipment
That are quickly adapted to suit your mine, available space, ambient temperatures, and grid shortfalls. The entire solution is designed around you.
Strategic support
We go beyond equipment to provide proactive support, including help to guide your ESG strategy, meet your Energy Transition goals, and optimize your mine over time.

Expertise to go
Our experts install, maintain and decommission our equipment, so you can stay focused on what matters most—your core business.
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FAQs about Aggreko’s on-grid mining solutions
In those rare circumstances where mines are located close to an operational grid, there are still numerous reasons why operators may want to avoid mains power. When you rely on the grid, it’s impossible to be fully self-sufficient and design your power around your operations. As a result, you can’t grow at the pace you set and your sustainability ambitions are easily hamstrung by slow progress on the part of your energy provider.
Moving to off-grid energy including generators and hybrid power plants puts you back in control, so you can grow, shrink, or change your energy setup whenever you need to.
When grid operators set your per-unit power costs, you’re exposed to unpredictability over the lifetime of your mine. Equally, implementing diesel generators increases your sensitivity to the notorious fluctuations in diesel prices. We help mining companies move away from the grid and then also evaluate the entire spectrum of alternative energy sources including gas and renewables.