ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor and operator of electric power and desalination water plants and the largest shareholder in the Bokpoort CSP plant, announced that the Bokpoort CSP plant has the first renewable facility on the continent to complete a full week of no-stop production 24 hours a day.
Bokpoort CSP established the new African continental benchmark by completing thirteen days (312 hours) of uninterrupted operations on October 23, 2020, nearly double the previous record set in March 2016.
This achievement was made imaginable through the optimal 9. 3-hour control of the thermal salt garage formula at night, allowing a perfectly synchronized transition to the solar box each morning for the duration of this effort.
The 50 MW solar concentration plant (CSP) with thermal garage was commissioned at the time of the south Africa Independent Renewable Energy Production Program (REIPPP) tender and has set consistent records since it began operations in 2016.
“We are very proud of this record effort that has effectively delivered 312 hours of uninterrupted inconsistency with a network force source of approximately thirteen GWh with a force load of 83%. This is remarkable for a renewable force facility and equates to approximately 20 hours of full or consistent charging with a 50 MW constant (with a 50 MW turbine) to fundamental loading technologies,” said Christo Spammer, CEO of Bokpoort CSP.
This new feat stems from the constant monthly production records set through Bokpoort CSP since June 2020. The plant delivered the highest production recorded in August and September and continued to offer perfect functionality in October 2020, achieving the highest record of 1028 MWh. at the beginning of the month. “
“The consistency and reliability of the plant’s functionality is evident from its cumulative production functionality from 101. 2% from June 2020 to October 2020, in relation to the production simulation style that defines the design expectations of the Bokpoort CSP plant. achieved a global pandemic amid national blocking protocols, and where the COVID-19 virus affected site operations and affected implementation restrictions, is phenomenal,” Spammer added.
Expressing his satisfaction at the achievements Bokpoort CSP IPP has achieved since 2016, Bokpoort CSP President Nandu Bhula said: “Bokpoort CSP is now setting records on a constant basis and can be a regional CSP center on all fronts, adding production, health, safety, environment, as well as socio-economic obligations. »
“Our purpose is to provide clean, reliable and renewable strength as normal. The Bokpoort CSP plant is a testament to our efforts to drive operational excellence and has helped us demonstrate that the CSP plays a key role in supporting the continent’s ambitious progression plans. “The constant functionality of Bokpoort CSP and other ACWA plants, adding Noor CSP power plants in Ouarzazate, Morocco, continues to highlight the true prospects of CSP technology.
Badis Derradji, AcWA Power Regional African Manager and Director of the Bokpoort CSP Board, said: “The progression and deployment of renewable technologies internationally has intensified enormously and the long term of the CSP in this combination remains just as exciting. With the proven and reliable functionality of CSP power plants around the world, as well as well-established efficiencies, CSP generation certainly takes its rightful place among other appropriate renewable technologies, in pursuit of the collective purpose of achieving force security in all countries that have been blessed with a vital solar resource. “