| Project Detail |
The Rooipunt Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Project located in the Northern Cape Province is a 150 megawatt solar thermal power station incorporating 12 hours of full load storage (1,800 megawatts-hours). Rooipunt will deliver about 730 gigawatt-hours of power annually – providing fully dispatchable baseload electricity to the network when electricity is needed most. Storage will enable the solar thermal station to operate just like a conventional coal, gas or nuclear power station, reliably generating electricity day and night – except without any emissions. The Rooipunt project was developed in response to the South Africa Department of Energy’s Expedited Round (referred to as Round 4.5) call for CSP projects for the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Location: Upington, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Technology: Solar Thermal with Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage
Size: 150 MW facility output
Storage: 12 hours of full load storage (1,800 MWh), enabling on-demand energy production day and night to meet South Africa’s peak demand periods
Electricity Production: 730 gigawatt-hours annually
Homes Powered: Equivalent of about 320,000 homes, day and night
Dry Cooling: Significantly reduces the use of water, saving millions of litres of water each year
Project Status: Advanced development |
