Bokpoort CSP
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 Location of Bokpoort CSP in South Africa
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| Country | South Africa |
| Location | Groblershoop |
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| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | September 2013 |
| Commission date | December 2015 |
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| Type | CSP |
| Site area | 300 hectares (741 acres) |
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| Nameplate capacity | 50.0 MW |
| Annual generation | 200 GWh |
Bokpoort CSP is a concentrated solar power (CSP) solar thermal power plant, located near Groblershoop in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.[1] It has a capacity of 50.0 megawatts (MW).[2] It covers an area of less than 300 hectares (741 acres).
The Bokpoort Plant has a full-load molten salt storage capacity of 1‚300MWh equivalent to around 9.3 hours.[3] The plant was completed in December 2015, after a construction period of 30 months.[4][5]
The consortium led by ACWA Power International (Saudi Arabia) describes this system as the largest thermal storage system ever built for a CSP plant of its size and capacity. The South African solar power plant has set a new African record (26 April 2016) for the continuous, round the clock supply of electricity.[6]
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