> emissions: 0.855 lbs CO2 / kWh

Why do there have to be CO2 emissions?

There don't. The problem is a lack of remote industrial equipment that are EVs powered by renewable electricity sources rather than diesel fuel.

That's not really that much of a problem to be honest.

If this is to be an industrial mining scale operation that goes in with a 600 million tonne per annum target (similar scale to iron ore for steel mining operations) then the company building out the capital assets will setup EV's and solar on the grounds of both economy and PR.

You can see this with Rio Tinto Iron, Fortescue Metals, etc.

You could solar power it, or whatnot. I was just trying to contextualize the numbers others had written.