Waterloo Vryburg Solar PV Park is an 86MW solar PV power project. It is located in North-West, South Africa. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 2019 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in November 2020. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by SunEdison. African Infrastructure Investment Managers and African Rainbow Energy And Power are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 50.01% and 15% respectively.
Waterloo Vryburg Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 171 hectares.
The project generates 180,000MWh electricity thereby offsetting 125,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2019 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in November 2020.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Eskom Holdings SOC under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years. The contracted capacity is 75MW.
Contractors involved
juwi was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.
Suntech Power Holdings was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 261,360 modules at the site.
juwi is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project for a period of 5 years.
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About SunEdison
SunEdison, Inc. (SunEdison) is a solar energy company that develops and sells photovoltaic energy solutions, and owns and operates clean power generation assets. The company also develops, manufactures and sells silicon wafer for the semiconductor industry. It also offers solar energy services to its clients that integrate the design, financing, installation, monitoring, operations and maintenance functions of the downstream solar market. SunEdison serves commercial customers including national retail chains and real estate property management firms; federal, state and municipal governments; utilities; and customers from the semiconductor industry. The company, together with its subsidiaries, manufacturing facilities and representative offices, operates in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Middle East and North Africa (MENA). SunEdison is headquartered in Maryland Heights, Missouri, the US.
The company and some of its domestic and international subsidiaries have filed for reorganization under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in April 2016.
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