MMYPEM is currently carrying out the steam turbine mechanical assembly at the Kathu Solar Park located in South Africa, a project led by GDF SUEZ with South African partners and selected by the South African Department of Energy (DOE) for Be part of the country’s renewable energy development program (REIPPP)
Located in the town of Kathu in the province of Northern Cape in South Africa, this project forms part of the national energy plan IRP 2010 (Integrated Resource Program), which contemplates an increase in the country’s generating capacity to 86.8 GW In 2030, of which 24% would be renewable. It is noteworthy that South Africa receives an average radiation of more than 2,500 hours of sunshine a year and the average daily rate is between 4.5 and 6.5 kWh / m2, which is why solar energy is one of the main pillars in The country’s future energy supply system.
It is a 100 MW power plant with parabolic trough collector technology and thermal storage capacity of 4.5 hours thanks to the use of molten salts.
The team consists of 12 people
The beginning of the work was in the month of July of this year 2017 and is scheduled seven or eight months of work.
SOURCE: ACCIONA
