Project overview
About this development
Amplats has submitted an application to be allowed to construct a 75 MW of solar power at its Mogalakwena mine in the Waterberg district, Limpopo. Anglo American Platinum will be starting with a 75 MW solar photovoltaic powered plant at its Mogalakwena mine, planned is an eventual 320 MW of solar power generation, the excess from which will be used to produce green hydrogen. The hydrogen will be used to power the 300 t PGM-catalysed hydrogen fuel cell truck that is under development. The initial 3.5 MW pilot plant will produce one tonne of green hydrogen a day to power the fuel cell truck. The NuGen project at the Mogalakwena mine, owned by Anglo American subsidiary Anglo American Platinum, will use power from a solar plant to supply a hydrogen electrolyzer to split water and provide the trucks, which can carry up 315 tons of ore each, with hydrogen fuel. GPS coordinates lat: -23.971409; long: 28.913987.
Project at a glance
Mogalakwena Mine Solar Plant is located in Mokopane (Potgietersrus). The project is classified in the Private sector. Its current recorded stage is Cancelled. The recorded project value is R 200 Million+.