Touwsrivier CPV Solar Project | |
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Country | South Africa |
Location | Touwsrivier (Cape Winelands District Municipality), Western Cape |
Coordinates | 33°24′38″S 19°55′35″E / 33.41056°S 19.92639°E |
Status | Operational |
Commission date | December 2014 |
Construction cost | R1 billion (~US$100 million)[1] |
Owner(s) | Soitec (20%) South African Govt (40%) Pele Energy Group (35%) Local Community (5%) |
Operator(s) | juwi SOLAR ZA |
Solar farm | |
Type | CPV |
Site area | 470 acres (190 ha) [2] |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 1500 Soitec CX-S530-II |
Nameplate capacity | 44 MWp, 36 MWAC |
Capacity factor | 22.8% (average 2015-2019) |
Annual net output | 72.0 GW·h, 153 MW·h/acre |
Touwsrivier CPV Solar Project is a 44 MWp (36 MWAC) concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) power station located 13 km outside the town of Touwsrivier in the Western Cape of South Africa.[3] The installation reached full capacity in December 2014 and is the second largest operating CPV facility in the world.[4] Electricity produced by the plant is fed into the national grid operated by Eskom under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA).[1]