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South Africa : ABB inks $25 million deal for a new 75MW SORTH AFRICAN PV Project
Publish Date : 14-May-2013
ABB has inked a deal to supply electrical and control systems for a new 75 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) power facility in South Africa's Northern Cape province. The deal is worth $25 million.
Construction firm WBHO and Building Energy, an Italian renewable energy developer owns the unit.
The Kathu PV power plant is located in the Kalahari Desert close Sishen, one of the world's largest open-pit iron ore mines, and is among the first projects to be awarded as part of South Africa's renewable energy program.
Kathu project is scheduled for completion in 2014, and once completed it would likely emerge as one of the world's largest PV power plants featuring a single-axis tracking system. It's capacity will be sufficient to generate around 146 gigawatt hours (GWh) of clean solar power contributing into the national grid, which will be sufficient to address the requirements of nearly 40,000 people and saving around 50,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
Brice Koch, head of ABB's Power Systems division, stated that, "Renewable energy sources such as solar have a key role to play in meeting the growing demand for electricity while minimizing environmental impact. We have a strong track record in delivering turnkey power and automation solutions that are optimizing photovoltaic power plants all over the world."
According to ABB, major features of the solution include "the integration of the plant's electrical equipment and high-voltage substation with the company's proprietary Symphony Plus Distributed Control System (DCS) solution in conformance with the IEC 61850 open-communication standard for substation automation. The solution also features a data-collection system that collects operational input from the trackers, inverters, string boxes, and substation to enable remote operation and maintenance, thereby alleviating the need for onsite manning."
