BioTherm Energy has announced the completion of all four of its renewable energy projects in South Africa, with the latest project having come on stream in the Eastern Cape. The company s R6.5bn investment, connects 284MW into South Africa s national grid and is partnered by Thebe Investment Corporation (TIC), which has a 37.5% stake in all four projects.
The 123MW Golden Valley Wind Energy Facility has reached commercial operations and is expected to generate over 477GWh of renewable power each year, equivalent to the energy needs of approximately 120 000 households. It joins 33MW Excelsior Wind Energy Facility, in the Western Cape; and two solar PV projects in the Northern Cape, namely 46MW Aggeneys Solar and its sister plant 86MW Konkoonsies II Solar, all of which form part of the government s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme s fourth bid round. For further information see the IDTechEx report on Self-Powering Smart Cities 2018-2028.
BioTherm Energy announced the completion of all four of its renewable energy projects in South Africa, with the latest project having come on stream in the Eastern Cape.
BioTherm Energy s Excelsior Wind Energy facility is now operational
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DURBAN - BioTherm Energy, a Pan-African renewable power producer company, backed by emerging market investor Actis, has announced the official operations of its Excelsior Wind Energy Facility as of the end of 2020.
This is said to mark the completion of its third Independent Power Producer (IPP) in South Africa in 2020 as part of the fourth round of the Government’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme, boasting a combined generating capacity of 165MW of the country’s renewable energy production.
The Excelsior Wind Energy Facility, a 33MW plant located in the he Western Cape, successfully achieved its commercial operations on 23 December 2020. It added to the already achieved commercial operation of the 132MW combined capacity of the solar plants Aggeneys and Konkoonsies II earlier in the year.
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