ACWA Power, the largest shareholder at the Bokpoort CSP plant in South Africa, announced that the plant had the first renewable facility on the continent to complete a full week of uninterrupted operation 24 hours a day.
Bokpoort CSP set the new African continental benchmark with thirteen days (312 hours) of nonstop operations on October 23, 2020, nearly double the previous record it set in March 2016, that initial 6-day record.
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 tender window of the Independent Renewable Energy Production Program in South Africa (REIPPP) and began operations in 2016.
Christo Spammer, CEO of Bokpoort CSP, said: “We are very proud of this record effort that has effectively delivered 312 hours of uninterrupted inconsistency with a current, resulting in approximately thirteen GWh of power source to the grid with a force load of 83%. This is notable for a renewable force installation and equates to approximately 20 hours of full or consistent loading with day technology (with a 50 MW turbine) at fundamental load.
“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 during a global pandemic amid national blocking protocols, and where the COVID-19 virus had an effect on on-site operations and affected implementation restrictions, is phenomenal,” Spammer added.