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  • Client: Acwa Power
  • Country: South Africa
  • Start date: 2013
  • Ending date: 2016
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Parabolic trough plant Bokpoort, Northen Cape, South Africa.

Bokpoort 50 MW project is the first Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant in South Africa using a large capacity of storage (slightly above 9 hours), focused on 24/7 production during Spring and Summer while having the capacity of Peak production during Autumn and Winter seasons. This design results in a facility with a very high annual capacity factor, actually higher than 50%.

  • Project data:
  • Technology: Parabolic trough collector, SENERTrough®.
  • Generation capacity: 50 MWe net power.
  • Thermal storage capacity: 1,300 MWth
  • Thermal storage capacity (equivalent hours of turbine operation): 9 h.
  • Number of loops: 180.
  • Total reflective area: 588,600 m2.
  • Surface area of the solar field: 350 ha.
  • Heat transfer fluid: HTF.
  • Contract type. EPC.
  • Electricity delivery to 54,000 household.
  • CO2 emission savings: 57,000 tons/year.
  • Consortium: SENER, Acciona, TSK & Crowie.

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