Danielskuil Solar Photovoltaic Facility

Construction of a solar photovoltaic facility in Danielskuil on erf 753, a portion of Erf 1, within the Kgatelopele Local Municipality, Barkley West registration division, Northern Cape. The proposed development is an array of 18 540 crystalline solar photovoltaic (PV) modules grouped into tables or panels of 20 modules each. It is proposed that the PV tables would form an array covering an area of 20ha, circumscribed with a perimeter fire access road and fence. The PV tables will be raised approximately 500mm above ground level and will have single axis tracking systems allowing the generation of approximately 5MW of alternating current. Proposed associated infrastructure includes a fenced construction staging area, a maintenance shed, six central inverters and three transformers on concrete pads, one to two office buildings on the 20ha site and a switch panel for connection to the power grid, as well as a 22kV powerline connection from the PV array to feed in to Eskom’s Ouplaas substation. The exact co-ordinates are currently not available however the approximate area of location is -28.2854106, 23.6680747