Namibia’s Tsumkwe municipality is home to one of Africa’s largest hybrid solar systems thanks to German manufacturer juwi Solar GmbH.
The hybrid solar system supplies all the public buildings and around 100 private homes in the area with clean solar power. With a total capacity of 200 kW during peak hours, a battery storage unit of 1 MW and three integrated diesel generators is considered one of the continent’s largest off-grid power systems.
The system was constructed in six weeks with the help of Alternative Energy Systems cc. (Alensy), containing 918 polycrystalline modules. Electricity costs are projected to decrease by 25% with the system operated by the country’s utility NamPower. Fabian Jochem, head of juwi’s off-grid power supply, said: “We have set a standard with this plant that we would like to transfer to other African projects.”
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