Acciona and its joint venture partner Sener have been selected to construct a 100-megawatt solar-thermal project in South Africa.
The project in the town of Kathu, in the Northern Cape Province, is developed by GDF Suez and will use parabolic troughs and a thermal energy storage capacity of 4.5 hours. The EUR 500 million (US$541 million) plant will start operating in 2018 and will be able to supply electricity to 80,000 homes.
Acciona and Sener will carry out the engineering, construction and commissioning of the entire facility. The two companies are also setting up the Bokpoort plant which will start operating later this year.