South Africa: Abengoa brings Africa’s first solar tower online


Issue 317 - 11 Feb 2016 | 2 minute read

Troubled Spanish concentrated solar power (CSP) developer Abengoa on 5 February began commercial operations at the 50MW Khi Solar One power plant. The plant, which has two hours of storage capacity, is 51% owned by Abengoa, 29% by South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), and 20% by the IDC-funded Khi Community Trust. Abengoa has been operating the parabolic trough Kaxu Solar One plant for more than a year and is developing the 100MW Xina Solar One parabolic trough plant, which will include five hours of storage.

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