- Australian company Frazium Energy is set to develop a 100MWp Solar plant in Eswatini.
- The plant will be fitted with an energy storage system
- The energy from the plant will be supplied to the SAPP.
Frazium Energy, a subsidiary of Frazer Solar, has signed a 40-year agreement with the kingdom of Eswatini to install a solar power plant plus storage in the centre of the kingdom. The Edwaleni plant is set to cost $115 million and will comprise 75,000 solar panels providing a cumulative capacity of 100MWp. The plant will also be fitted with what the developers call Africa’s largest battery storage system to provide electricity during periods of bad weather.
According to Eswatini’s Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade, Manqoba Khumalo, the project is part of the kingdom’s post-Covid-19 economic recovery plan. The plant is estimated to become operational in 2022, with the power generated from the plant supplied to the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). The SAPP interconnects the energy grids of countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.