South African chemicals manufacturer looks for bids for 20 MW of PV

• Sasol intends to power its procedures in the communities of Secunda as well as Sasolburg with 2 10 MW solar projects. The effective bidders with sell power to the factories under power purchase arrangements.

South Africa-based chemicals manufacturer Sasol has kicked off an ask for proposals (RFP) procedure to seek independent power producers for 2 PV plants that will power its procedures in Secunda, Mpumalanga district, as well as Sasolburg, Free State province.

Interested independent power manufacturers have till Oct. 2 to submit their propositions.

"We are delighted to introduce the RFP, which develops part of our more comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) exhaust reduction ambition and relocates us onward on our journey to accomplishing our target of a 10% GHG emission reduction by 2030," stated the firm's principal sustainability officer, Hermann Wenhold.

The winning IPPs will certainly possess as well as operate the plants. They will sell power to Sasol under long-term PPAs.

In May, Sasol began to seek companions to potentially deploy renewable energy projects by starting a request for info (RFI) process to protect power products for its residential operations from 600 MW of renewables. The team stated that the projects would each need to go beyond 20 MW of capacity. It will certainly create them either as wheeled choices from suitable places across South Africa, or as ingrained choices near Sasol's centers in Sasolburg and also Secunda.

South African organisations are relying on solar and also renewables to reduce their dependence on struggling energy Eskom.

In mid-July, ArcelorMittal South Africa, a system of Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal Holdings, welcomed independent power manufacturers to submit project proposals for solar arrays at 6 sites in South Africa, with a minimal project dimension of 10 MW each.