Waterloo solar energy plant (75 MWp) enters into industrial operation

• The Waterloo photovoltaic or pv solar energy plant is now operational. The 75 MWp center was built by the South African subsidiary of juwi Renewable Energies in behalf of a consortium of African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM, a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments) with its IDEAS fund, Reatile Solar Power (RF) (Pty), Phakwe Solar (RF) (Pty), AREP (African Rainbow Energy and Power) as well as Cicada Community Trust.

South Africa's nationwide electricity grid is expanding. At the very least 75 MWp more are lately infused into it from the Waterloo photovoltaic or pv solar power plant, whose industrial operation is announced by the South African subsidiary of juwi Renewable Energies. The neighborhood engineering, procurement as well as building (EPC) professional has actually set up 261,360 solar panels on a 171-hectare website near the community of Vryburg in the North West Province of South Africa.

The installation feeds its output right into the nationwide electrical power grid from an Eskom changing terminal in Mookodi. "At the peak of construction, greater than 500 people, mainly from neighborhood neighborhoods, were directly employed. This is in addition to the tasks developed by subcontracting various solutions," says juwi Renewable Energies.

Procedure over 20 years

The Waterloo solar project becomes part of the 4th round of theRenewable Energy Independent Power Procurement Programme (REIPPP), released by the South African federal government to bring in investment from independent power producers (IPPs). The concession was granted to a consortium formed by African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM, a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments) with its IDEAS fund, Reatile Solar Power (RF) (Pty), Phakwe Solar (RF) (Pty), AREP (African Rainbow Energy and Power) and also Cicada Community Trust.

These companions will run their solar photovoltaic nuclear power plant for 20 years under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed with the state-owned company Eskom. juwi Renewable Energies will certainly run and keep it for the following five years with its subsidiary juwi O&M. EPC welcomes the consortium's initiatives to advertise neighborhood development with this clean power project.