The Bokpoort concentrated solar plant (CSP), built by a JV between Spain’s SENER, ACCIONA and TSK and South Africa’s Crowie, was inaugurated in Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The Saudi group ACWA Power awarded the EPC contract for the turnkey project to the Spanish-led consortium, and required an investment of more than €300 million.
The new CSP at Bokpoort is already in operation and has a gross capacity of 55 MW. It uses SENERtrough® parabolic trough collector technology with a 1,300 MWht system of two energy storage tanks (TES – Thermal Energy Storage) using molten salts that provide 9.3 hours of operation. The solar field of the plant consists of 180 loops, and its annual production will be over 230 GWh (net).
Bokpoort is the fourth CSP built by ACCIONA outside Spain and its inauguration underscores ACCIONA’s commitment to the development of renewable energy in South Africa.