Nine months after breaking ground, German group juwi saw its Rustmo 1 go into commercial operation ahead of schedule. The 7 MW solar PV plant near Rustenburg is the first of four engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects that juwi won during the first tendering round under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Program (REIPPP).
While the project in Rustenburg was successfully completed, the construction works on two other juwi projects are already in full swing. In the Northern Cape, the Cape Town-based renewable energy specialist is currently constructing two 10.7 MW utility-scale solar farms. All construction works are on schedule. Both these power plants are scheduled to be connected to the grid in December, 2013. The fourth, five MW plant in the Western Cape is due to begin construction later in 2013, once the Eskom sub-station to support the plant is constructed.
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