Khi Solar One is the first solar thermal tower plant in Africa. With a capacity of 50 MW, it is located in Upington, South Africa and it It will contribute to the country´s goals of introducing up to 17,800 MW of renewable energy by 2030, and reducing its dependence on oil and natural gas.

1. ABENGOA
Abengoahasbuilta50MW capacitysolarthermaltowerplantlocatedinthetownofUpington,inthenortheast
ofSouthAfrica.ThisprojectispartoftheSouthAfricanGovernment’splantoreachthetargetofobtaining
17,800MW ofenergyfromrenewablesourcesby2030andtherebyreduceitsdependenceonoilandnaturalgas.
KeyData
Location:
Upington(SouthAfrica)
Cleanenergysupply:
45,000homes
Technology:
SteamtowerSteamtower
Solarfield:
600hectares
Objetive:
Eliminatetheemissionof183,000tonsof
C02
eachyear
Endofconstruction:2016
Tech
Thisplanthasatwo-hourstorage
capacityandrepresentsimportant
technologicalprogressintermsof
efficiencyasitoperatesathigher
temperatures.Thisbreakthrough
isaresultofnextgeneration
technologyforsuperheatedsteam
thathasbeendevelopedbythathasbeendevelopedby
AbengoaatitsR&Dcentersin
Spain.
Theplantincorporatesan
innovativedry-coolingsystem
thatallowswaterconsumption
tobereduced.Thisisascarce
resourceintheareawherethe
plantislocated.
Thisplant,thatcameinto
operationinFebruary,2016,is
Africa’sfirstsolarthermaltower
plantandthefirstplantto
complete24consecutivehours
ofoperationwithsolarpower
successfullyinthehistoryofthe
Africancontinent.Africancontinent.
SolarThermalPlant:
KhiSolarOne-SouthAfrica