A 75MW solar PV plant in South Africa built by Scatec in 2013. Image: Scatec.
Renewable energy power producer Scatec has started building three co-located solar projects with 1.1GWh of energy storage in South Africa, after achieving financial close.
Once operational the projects will have a total solar PV power of 540MW and battery storage capacity of 225MW/1,140MWh. The project has been designed to reduce the size of the grid connecion required, with only 150MW of dispatchable power to be provided under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the local Kenhardt region.
The launch of construction comes six weeks after the Norway-based company secured PPAs for the three projects in Northern Cape, as reported by Energy-Storage.news. And it comes a year after the company won the tender to deliver them under South Africa’s Risk Mitigation Power Procurement…