Exxaro Resources Limited, a coal mining company headquartered in South Africa, has floated an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) tender for the development of a 70 MW solar PV farm at its Grootegeluk coal mine in the country’s Limpopo province. The winning bidder will also be responsible for the operations and maintenance of the facility for 5 years. For this, it has launched a request for information round through its wholly owned subsidiary, Cennergi Proprietary Limited, that will manage the procurement process. The solar farm will be connected to the grid. The bid submission deadline is October 19, 2021.
In September 2021, South Africa began commercial operations of the Greefspan II solar photovoltaic power plant. It is located in the northern Cape province of South Africa. The project had been established under a partnership between the fund manager, African Infrastructure Investment Managers, the Spanish company TSK and South Africa’s Umbono Energy Partners. The total capacity of the plant is 63.2 MW, with roughly 188,822 photovoltaic modules installed.
