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http://www.solarreserve.com/en/global-projects/csp/redstone/gallery/worlds-first-csp-and-pv-solar-park.jpg/@@images/image/large Redstone Solar Thermal Power Plant Jasper is located in South Africa’s Northern Cape in a solar park that also includes the 75MW Lesedi solar power project. most – day and night. equipped with a molten salt storage system that allows 4.5 hours of therThe 100MW project with 12 hours of mal energy storage. It is situated in full-load energy storage will be able the Northern Cape Province, 600km to deliver electricity to more than south-west of Pretoria. With over 325,000 PV modules, the 200,000 South African homes during Jasper project is delivering 180,000 peak demand periods, even well af- Acknowledgement: Rudolph Muller megawatt-hours of electricity annu- ter the sun has set. [email protected] ally for South African residents. The biggest benefit of the CSP plant is that it produces electricity without By Staff Writer - February 10, 2015 Redstone CSP plant – 100MW harmful emissions or hazardous ma- http://mybroadband.co.za/news/ (announced) The planned 100MW Redstone con- terials, and without any fuel cost for energy/118513-south-africascentrated solar thermal power plant, the 30+ year life of the project. impressive-solar-power-plants.html which forms part of the South Afrihttp://www.solarreserve.com/en/ The Redstone Solar Thermal Power can REIPPPP, will be the biggest global-projects/csp/redstone/gallery/ project is scheduled to commence plant of its kind in South Africa. worlds-first-csp-and-pv-solaroperations in early 2018 The first of its kind on the continent, park.jpg/@@images/image/large Kathu Solar Park – 100MW the Redstone Solar Thermal Power (announced) http://www.energypost.eu/wpProject features SolarReserve’s mol- The Kathu Solar Park project is a content/uploads/2015/04/Kalkbultten salt energy storage technology in 100MW CSP project with parabolic solar-power-plant-South-Africaa tower configuration with the capa- trough technology. photo-Scatec-Solar.jpg bility to support South Africa’s deThe solar park project will be mand for energy when it’s needed