Paleisheuwel Solar PV Park is an 82.5MW solar PV power project. It is located in Western Cape, South Africa. 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 2014 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in May 2016. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Enel Green Power. Enel Green Power, Royal Bafokeng Holdings Pty and Others are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 60%, 30% and 10% respectively.
Paleisheuwel Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 240 hectares.
The project generates 153GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 48,000 households, offsetting 140,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2014 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in May 2016.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Eskom Holdings SOC under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years. The contracted capacity is 82.5MW.
Contractors involved
algoWatt was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.
3Sun was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 611,000 modules each with 125W of nameplate capacity.
The inverters were procured from Elettronica Santerno for the project.
algoWatt is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project for a period of 4 years.
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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.
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