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Kalkbult solar power plant
outh Africa is growing
its alternative energy
capacity with numerous
photovoltaic power stations and wind farms across the
country. South Africa has some of
the world’s largest solar power
plants, which are starting to contribute significantly to the electricity grid
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Lesedi solar power plant
In recent months two major solar
power plants went live, while two
even larger concentrated solar
thermal power (CSP) plants were
announced.
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Kalkbult solar power plant
SolarReserve announced on 11
November 2014 that the 96
mega-watt (MW) photovoltaic
(PV) Jasper solar power project
was completed and fully operational.
The Sishen Solar Energy Facility
came online in December 2014,
with an estimated 216GWh per
year of electricity generation.
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Lesedi solar power plant panels
In January 2015 the Department
of Energy announced the construction of two new CSP plants,
which will be built in the Northern Cape.
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Kalkbult solar power plant
The Kathu Solar Park and Redstone Solar Thermal Power project, both of which will have
100MW capacity, are part of the
government’s Renewable Energy
Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).
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Letsatsi solar power plant