Deal #9845
South Africa
Created at
2023-02-03
Last update
2024-08-23
Detailed electricity generation information
Electricity generation
- [current] Solar (Photovoltaic) 84.98 ha
Intended capacity: 100 MW
Comment on electricity generation
The plant is anticipated to produce approximately 400GWh of energy over the lifespan, which is enough to power 95,000 homes while eliminating 348,000t of CO2 emissions per annum
Use of produce
Has domestic use
Yes
Domestic use
99.99 %
In country processing of produce
Processing facilities / production infrastructure of the project (e.g. oil mill, ethanol distillery, biomass power plant etc.)
The CSP plant employs parabolic trough technology and offers 5.5 hours of thermal energy storage. The parabolic trough collector of the plant is touted to be the world’s biggest commercial CSP project to date.