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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.
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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.
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The Redstone Solar Thermal Power
can REIPPPP, will be the biggest
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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,
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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.
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bility to support South Africa’s deThe solar park project will be
mand for energy when it’s needed