KS4 Lessons Learnt Report BluVein Destructive Safety Testing & Haulage Electrification Modelling Programs

Summary

The global mining sector is struggling to meet decarbonisation and productivity targets while relying heavily on diesel haulage, which generates significant emissions and operational costs, and static battery electric vehicles are limited by their energy density and charging downtime. This project evaluated BluVein's dynamic conductive power transfer system, which allows haul trucks to draw electricity while moving, through physics-based economic modelling and destructive safety testing. The project, now completed, confirmed the system's commercial viability, showing substantial reductions in fuel consumption (68%), TCO (25%), and fleet size (50%), while also validating its safety architecture, though highlighting a need for improved thermal insulation against arc flash.

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