Upington Solar PV Park is a 10MW solar PV power project. It is located in Northern 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. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in May 2014. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is developed and owned by Enel Green Power. The company has a stake of 100%.
Upington Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 30 hectares.
The project generates 20,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 1,000 households.
Development status
The project got commissioned in May 2014.
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 10MW.
Contractors involved
algoWatt was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.
3Sun was selected as the supplier of PV modules for the project.
The inverters were procured from Ingeteam Corporacion for the project.
algoWatt 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.
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