Project overview
About this development
Construction of two commercial solar thermal electricity generating facilities on a site which lies 20km west of Upington in the Northern Cape. The proposed Upington Thermal Plant Two will consist of heliostats and a Power Tower system with a generation capacity of 150MW. Each facility would include the following infrastructure: access roads, power island, substation, power line, water abstraction point and supply pipe line, water storage tanks, packaged water treatment plant, lined evaporation ponds, salt storage tanks, auxiliary fossil fuel boilers and workshop and office buildings. Each project will be located on different areas on portion 3 of the Farm McTaggarts Camp 453, which falls within the Kai! Garib Local Municipality. he exact co-ordinates are currently not available however the marker has been placed on farm McTaggarts Camp 453, 28°31'14.8"S 21°03'35.0"E.
Project at a glance
Kai Garib CSP Tower Solar Energy Facility (Previously Upington Solar Thermal Plant Phase 2) is located in Upington. The project is classified in the Private sector. Its current recorded stage is L2B Shelved. The recorded project value is R 200 Million+.