- Blockpower will deploy three solar plus storage for Tanganda Tea company.
- The entire system will have a cumulative capacity of 4.6MWp.
South African renewable energy company, Blockpower is set to complete the installation of a 4.6 MWp/1.44 MWh hybrid solar-plus-storage system for the Zimbabwean tea company, Tanganda. The Johannesburg-based company recently said that it had completed the second phase of the system’s installation across three agricultural estates owned by Tanganda Tea Company in the Chipinge district of eastern Zimbabwe.
The Tingamina estate will be equipped with 1.2MWp of ground-mounted solar generation capacity, the Jersey estate 1.4 MWp, and the Ratelshoek location, 2 MWp. In addition, Blockpower will install solar panels coupled with a 478kWh battery and 870kW battery inverter at each of the three sites. According to Blockpower’s Director, Kyle Bohnsackwill, the system will have a payback period of three to four years.