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Diavik Mine Wind-Diesel Microgrid

Organizations, planners, suppliers, equipment, controls, and reported system specifications—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations4
System facts10
Sources reviewed2
Last researched2026-07-19

Diavik's mine power system integrates four direct-drive Enercon wind turbines with the site's Caterpillar diesel plant. Rio Tinto reports the four-turbine wind farm was commissioned in 2012; model-level details are preserved only where the archived technical record disclosed them.

Research status
Mine ceased diamond production in 2026; wind-diesel assets documented for the operating-mine period
Historical classification
Mining
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
62.45352, -114.37241
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.
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Project delivery

Who was involved in Diavik Mine Wind-Diesel Microgrid?

4 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

Caterpillar

Diesel-generator supplier identified by the archived project record [1]

Organization

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.

Historical mine operating entity [2]

Organization

Enercon

Wind-turbine supplier [1]

Organization

Rio Tinto

Mine owner and operator [2]

System evidence

Reported capacity and specifications

Values can describe different project phases or components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

KW Wind
9200 [1]
KW Gas/Diesel
48000 [1]
Storage
NA [1]
Wind farm
Four 2.3 MW direct-drive turbines; 9.2 MW total [1][2]
Archived diesel plant
48 MW Caterpillar generation [1]
Wind-turbine features
Gearless generators and blade de-icing [1]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Wind turbines

Enercon

Four 2.3 MW, direct-drive units with blade de-icing; the exact Enercon model was not stated in the recovered source text. [1]

02

Diesel generation

Caterpillar

Archived aggregate rating: 48 MW; engine and generator models not stated. [1]

Recovered detail

Additional technical notes

Concise system facts recovered from the historical project record. Treat these as historical unless a newer primary source confirms them.

  • Generation

    Four 2.3 MW Enercon wind turbines (9.2 MW total), direct drive, gearless generator, Blade de-icing system [1]

  • Generation

    48MW Caterpillar Diesel Generators [1]

Provenance

2 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2020-07-06

  2. [2]

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