Touwsrivier CPV Solar Project

Touwsrivier CPV Solar Project
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CountrySouth Africa
LocationTouwsrivier (Cape Winelands District Municipality), Western Cape
Coordinates33°24′38″S 19°55′35″E / 33.41056°S 19.92639°E / -33.41056; 19.92639
StatusOperational
Commission dateDecember 2014
Construction costR1 billion (~US$100 million)[1]
OwnersSoitec (20%)
South African Govt (40%)
Pele Energy Group (35%)
Local Community (5%)
Operatorjuwi SOLAR ZA
Solar farm
TypeCPV
Site area470 acres (190 ha) [2]
Power generation
Units operational1500 Soitec CX-S530-II
Nameplate capacity44 MWp, 36 MWAC
Capacity factor22.8% (average 2015-2019)
Annual net output72.0 GW·h, 153 MW·h/acre
Overall layout of the project

Touwsrivier CPV Solar Project is a 44 MWp (36 MWAC) concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) power station located 13 km outside the town of Touwsrivier in the Western Cape of South Africa.[3] The installation reached full capacity in December 2014 and is the second largest operating CPV facility in the world.[4] Electricity produced by the plant is fed into the national grid operated by Eskom under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA).[1]

  1. ^ a b "Projects: Touwsrivier". cpvconsortium.org. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  2. ^ "Visit of Soitec's Touwsrivier Project". Consulat Général de France au Cap. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  3. ^ "Moody's Global Research, CPV Power Plant Credit Opinion, 2020-04-07" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  4. ^ "List of Project Capacities". cpvconsortium.org. Retrieved 2019-01-22.