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GLOBAL MONITOR
Solar
Project Comes Online
in
South Africa. The Zeerust solar project
in South Africa entered its operational
phase in late January. The 75-MW solar
power plant, in South Africa's North
West province, supplies electricity to the
grid of the state-owned utility Eskom,
via Eskom's Kameeldoorn substation.
The project's owner, Zeerust Solar, said
the facility includes 250,080 solar panels
installed on about 440 acres. The project
has a power purchase agreement between
Zeerust Solar and Eskom. Cobra
Energia, a company based in Madrid,
Spain, led construction of the project,
which was awarded under the Renewable
Energy Independent Power Purchasing
Programme. The South African
government designed the program to
encourage private investment in the renewable
energy sector.
Cogeneration System Chosen for
District Heating Project in Poland. Caterpillar
in February announced that Energetyka
Cieplna Sp. z o.o. has signed
an agreement with Caterpillar dealer
Eneria Poland to provide an integrated
cogeneration system that will supply
up to 8 MW of electric power, and 7.9
MW of thermal power, year-round for the
municipal utility's customers in the city
of Skierniewice, Poland. The project will
expand Energetyka Cieplna's heat and
power capacity to more than 100 MW.
Eneria Poland will deliver the key components
of the system, which includes four
Cat G3516H gas generator sets, heat recovery
components, controls, silencers,
and exhaust components. The project is
set to begin operation in early 2022. The
new system upgrades the current district
heating system, which serves more
than 24,000 customers.
Wind Farm Connects to Kenyan Grid.
BioTherm Energy, an independent power
producer based in Johannesburg, South
Africa, in late January connected its Kipeto
wind farm to the grid of the stateowned
Kenya Power and Lighting Co.
(KPLC), in preparation for the 100-MW
facility entering commercial operation.
The Kipeto wind farm is Kenya's second-largest
wind power project behind
the 310-MW Lake Turkana wind farm.
Kipeto features 60 turbines, each rated
at 1.7 MW, supplied by GE Renewable
Energy. The project also includes a 220kV
line that will move electricity from
the wind farm to the Isinya substation
in Kajiado County. The farm is located
in the foothills of the Ngong Hills in
Kajiado County, southwest of the capital
Nairobi. Kipeto Energy, a company
formed to execute this project, is 88%
owned by BioTherm Energy. Craftskills,
a Kenya-based company, owns the remaining
12%. Kipeto Energy has signed
a 20-year power purchase agreement
with KPLC.
Trina Solar Supplies New Array in
Dominican Republic. A solar power farm
in the Dominican Republic (DR) will use
modules from Trina Solar, the company
announced in late January. Trina, based
in China, said it would supply 268,200
430/450 W double-glass TSM-DEG17M
modules to the 120-MW Sunflower Solar
Park, being developed in the country's
San Cristobal province. The installation
will be the largest solar farm in the DR
and one of the largest in the Caribbean
region. The project is being developed
by Dominican power producer Empresa
Generadora de Electricidad Haina SA
(EGE Haina), and is being built by Spanish
builder Elecnor SA under an engineering,
procurement, and construction
contract with EGE Haina. ■
-Darrell Proctor is associate
editor for POWER.
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