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Jasper Solar Energy Project

Jasper is a solar plant near Postmasburg in the Northern Cape with 96 MW-DC of installed capacity and 75 MW-AC of net generation. Construction was completed in October 2014, and Eskom purchases 100% of the electricity produced under a 20-year contract.

Postmasburg, Northern Cape, South AfricaUtility-scale solar PVNone
Image credit
Road towards Olifantshoek, Northern Cape, South Africa, August 2010. Provincial landscape context; the Jasper solar facility is not pictured.Location context · Graham Maclachlan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2010 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorSolarReserve, Kensani Group and Intikon Energy consortium
EcosystemUtility-scale solar PV
StandardNone
StatusActive
LocationPostmasburg, Northern Cape, South Africa
Overview

Inside the project

The developer reports output of approximately 180,000 MWh a year and about 1 million man-hours of work during construction.

It also reports a financial investment from Google, described as Google's first renewable energy investment in Africa.

96 MW-DC
Installed capacity
75 MW-AC
Net generation capacity
180,000 MWh/yr
Expected output (approximate)

Approach

  • Developed by a consortium of SolarReserve, Kensani Group and Intikon Energy, with all output sold to Eskom under a 20-year contract.

Sources

Inspect 2 sources
  1. sr.energy ↗https://sr.energy/jasper/
  2. en.wikipedia.org ↗https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Solar_Energy_Project

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