Mosi-oa-Tunya Solar PV Park is a 34MW solar PV power project. It is located in Lusaka, Zambia. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 2018 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in April 2019. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Enel Green Power and Ngonye Power. Enel Green Power, Qatar Investment Authority and Industrial Development Corporation (Zambia) are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 40%, 40% and 20% respectively.
Mosi-oa-Tunya Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 50.2 hectares.
The project generates 70GWh electricity thereby offsetting 25,600t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2018 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in April 2019.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to ZESCO under a power purchase agreement. The power is sold at the rate of $0.078kWh for a period of 25 years, starting from 2019. The contracted capacity is 28.2MW.
Contractors involved
Italgest Energy was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.
JA Solar Holdings was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 106,260 modules each with 320W of nameplate capacity.
FIMER supplied 24 of its R15015 TL inverters to the project site.
The project is utilising single axis trackers supplied by Convert Italia.
Enel Green Power Zambia is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.
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About Enel Green Power
Enel Green Power SpA (EGP), a subsidiary of Enel SpA, an energy company that develops and manages activities of energy generation from renewable sources. The company is engaged in the generation of power from wind, geothermal, solar, and hydropower sources. It also has interests in various power plants in under construction and under authorization stages. EGP also has know-how in integrating innovative technologies such as storage systems into renewable power plants. The company serves a range of industries such as food and beverage, automotive, chemical, retail, cement, mining, tech, telecommunication and bank, among others. It operates power plants in South America, Central America, North America, Asia, Oceania, Europe and Africa. EGP is headquartered in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
About Ngonye Power
Ngonye Power Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Enel SpA, specializes in generating, developing and operating electricity from renewable sources such as solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal or biomass. The company is headquartered in Zambia.
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