Bokpoort CSP

Bokpoort CSP
Country South Africa
Location Groblershoop
Coordinates 28°44′16″S 21°59′50″E / 28.737750°S 21.997193°E / -28.737750; 21.997193Coordinates: 28°44′16″S 21°59′50″E / 28.737750°S 21.997193°E / -28.737750; 21.997193
Status Operational
Construction began July 2013
Commission date 13 November 2015 (1st Synchronisation on SA Grid)
Solar field
Type CSP
CSP technology Parabolic Reflectors
Site area 300 hectares (741 acres)
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 50.0 MW
Storage capacity 1300 MWh thermal (9.3 hours full load electrical)
Annual net output 234 GWh

Bokpoort CSP is a concentrated solar power (CSP) thermal energy power plant, located near Groblershoop in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.[1] It has a capacity of 50.0 megawatts (MW).[2] It covers an area of less than 300 hectares (741 acres).

The Bokpoort Plant has a full-load molten salt storage capacity of 1‚300MWh(t) equivalent to around 9.3 hours.[3] The plant synchronised for the first time on the South African Grid in November 2015, after a construction period of 29 months.[4][5]

The plant was built by a joint venture of Spanish companies Acciona, SENER and TSK and South Africa’s Crowie.[6] The consortium led by ACWA Power International (Saudi Arabia) describes this system as the largest thermal storage system ever built for a CSP plant of its size and capacity. The South African solar power plant has set a new African record (25 March 2016) for the continuous, round the clock supply of renewable electricity for 161 hours.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bokpoort CSP Project". energy.org.za. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Construction starts on Bokpoort CSP plant". Engineering News. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Groundbreaking ceremony for Bokpoort CSP plant in South Africa has been held". csp-world.com. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "One million South Africans receiving power from world's largest storage solar farm". Times Live. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Bokpoort CSP Plant - Crowie Concessions". Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bokpoort CSP plant wins South African National Energy Association prize". 26 September 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  7. ↑ ACWA Power. "Bokpoort Generation Record". Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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