Solar

South Africa opens 50MW Bokpoort CSP plant

A consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power today officially opened South Africa’s 5bn rand ($325m) Bokpoort concentrating solar power (CSP) project.

The Bokpoort plant incorporates a molten-salt facility that will provide more than nine hours of thermal energy storage
The Bokpoort plant incorporates a molten-salt facility that will provide more than nine hours of thermal energy storage
  • Christopher Hopson
Published 14 March 2016, 16:44Updated 28 September 2016, 09:47
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