Earlier, ACWA Power selected a joint venture of TSK Electrónica y Electricidad, Acciona Infrastructuras, Acciona Ingeniería, Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas, and Crowie Concessions for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the €300m ($328m) project.
The ACWA Power-led consortium for the project include the Public Investment (PIC), Lereko Solafrica Investment, Lereko Metier Solafrica Fund 1, Lereko Metier Sustainable Capital Fund, Kurisani Solafrica Investments, and Solafrica Community Investment Company.
The Bokpoort solar project features SENERtrough parabolic trough collector technology with 1,300MWh molten salt energy storage facility, which will provide approximately 9.3 hours of operation.
Featuring 180 loops, the solar field is designed to have an annual production capacity of over 230GWh, which will be sufficient to meet power requirement of approximately 21,000 households while reducing 230,000t of CO2 emissions.
The Bokpoort independent power project (IPP) has been developed as part of South Africa’s Renewable Energy IPP procurement program (REIPP), which aims to develop 18GW of renewable energy by 2030 including 8.4GW of solar power.
ACWA Power subsidiary Nomac and Invest In Africa Energy Services will be responsible for the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the facility.
Power generated from the solar facility will sold to local utility Eskom under a 20-year deal signed in May 2013, reported SeeNews Renewables
Separately, Sener has partnered with Acciona to develop a 100MW solar thermal complex at Kathu, for GDF Suez.
Image: The 50MW Bokpoort concentrated solar plant in South Africa features SENERtrough parabolic trough collector technology. Photo:courtesy of SENER Group.
