| Touwsrivier CPV Solar Project | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Location | Touwsrivier (Cape Winelands District Municipality), Western Cape |
| Coordinates | 33°24′38″S 19°55′35″E / 33.41056°S 19.92639°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | December 2014 |
| Construction cost | R1 billion (~US$100 million)[1] |
| Owners | Soitec (20%) South African Govt (40%) Pele Energy Group (35%) Local Community (5%) |
| Operator | juwi SOLAR ZA |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | CPV |
| Site area | 470 acres (190 ha) [2] |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1500 Soitec CX-S530-II |
| Nameplate capacity | 44 MWp, 36 MWAC |
| Capacity factor | 22.8% (average 2015-2019) |
| Annual net output | 72.0 GW·h, 153 MW·h/acre |
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]
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- ^ "Visit of Soitec's Touwsrivier Project". Consulat Général de France au Cap. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
- ^ "Moody's Global Research, CPV Power Plant Credit Opinion, 2020-04-07" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ^ "List of Project Capacities". cpvconsortium.org. Retrieved 2019-01-22.