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Solar EPC firm keen to expand in Africa

8th April 2016

By: Anine Kilian

Contributing Editor Online

  

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Global solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Sterling & Wilson (S&W) has committed to executing 500 MW of photovoltaic (PV) power plants across Africa in the next three years.

This follows the recent commissioning of a 90 MW solar PV plant on behalf of Solar Capital in the Northern Cape.

Solar Capital recently inaugurated the second phase of its De Aar solar farm project, with De Aar 3 adding 90 MW of capacity to the overall project.

The EPC company’s scope of work included construction of a 132 kV substation and a 15 km transmission line, including refurbishment of a 5 km line.

During installation of the solar power plant, S&W employed more than 90% unskilled employees from the local community.

It will also be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the plant.

“The fact that S&W was selected ahead of well-entrenched international solar EPC companies to partner with Solar Capital De Aar 3 in constructing this 90 MW solar PV plant is an indicator of our engineering and project execution capabilities,” said S&W electrical and solar business president Bikesh Ogra.

A major challenge that S&W encountered while planning the project was finding a solution to reduce power generation losses while transmitting the power to the substation situated at a distance.

The plant was engineered to work at a high-performance ratio of around 80%.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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