State-owned utility Eskom has began a young for the design, engineering, procurement, development and commissioning of a 19.5 MW photo voltaic plant situated on the 105.8 MW Sere wind farm in South Africa’s Western Cape province.

The chosen contractor can also be anticipated to carry out operations and upkeep in the course of the first two years of operation.

The tender specs stipulate that the plant should include ground-mounted photo voltaic panels, with a lifetime of no less than 25 years on lower than 20 hectares of land. It will probably be related to the 132 kV Skaapvlei substation by a devoted 132/22kV transformer.

The 19.5 MW facility is envisioned as the primary of a number of phased initiatives within the wind farm space, with long-term plans to extend capability to a complete of 600 MW, pending feasibility.

The tender is open till Sept. 12. Eskom hopes to award the contract in November, permitting development to start subsequent yr.

Eskom has simply launched a young for 30 MW of photo voltaic in jap South Africa, open for purposes till October 29.

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