- SA’s Redstone concentrated solar power (CSP) project is set for commissioning.
The South African government are in talks to commission a concentrated solar power project. The project was launched under Bid Window 3.5 of the country’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement program.
The plant will produce an estimated 480,000MW of electricity yearly, bringing much-needed supply to South Africa’s struggling grid network. ACWA Power, Saudi Arabia-based power generation company, developed the project. It is situated near the town of Postmasburg in the Northern Cape province.
With more than 30 years of operational life and 12 hours of full-load energy storage, the project is expected to supply over 200,000 households with clean, reliable electricity. The CSP project’s total investment was R11.6 billion, representing the country’s most significant renewable energy investment to date.
Following the project signing in 2018, construction commenced in May 2021, with the solar power project on track to operational by next year.