Project overview
About this development
Construction of the Regulus Solar Park on Portion 4 of the farm Olyven Kolk 187 located within the Kai !Garib Local Municipality, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape. The project site is located between 29 and 38km south-west of Kenhardt. The solar park will comprise of photovoltaic modules, mounting systems for the PV arrays and related foundations, internal cabling and string boxes, DC/AC inverters, medium voltage stations, hosting LV/MV power transformers, control buildings, workshops and warehouse, on-site high-voltage substation with 22/33kV/132kV step-up transformers and a 132kV busbar (switching station) with metering and protection devices, one battery storage system (BESS) with a maximum export capacity up to 240 MW, electrical system and UPS devices, lighting system and grounding system, access roads, internal roads, fencing of the site, alarm and video-surveillance system and water access points, water supply pipelines and water treatment facilities. The solar park will have a contracted capacity of up to 240MW and will cover approximately 480ha. The GPS has been estimated at Farm Olyven Kolk 29°30'33.6"S 20°50'21.4"E
Project at a glance
Regulus Solar Park is located in Kenhardt. The project is classified in the Private sector. Its current recorded stage is Procedural. The recorded project value is R 61 Million - R 200 Million.