South Africa solar thermal project breaks continental generation record - first solar project on the African continent to complete a full week of continuous, round the clock operation

The Saudi Arabian-based renewable energy developer ACWA Power says that the Bokpoort CSP plant achieved the new continental benchmark of 13 days, or 312 hours of continuous operation on October 23. Round the clock operation was made possible by optimally managing 9.3-hours’ worth of thermal salt storage overnight, allowing the solar field to continue generation for 13 days.

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The 50MW Bokpoort concentrated solar power plant in South Africa becomes first renewable project on African continent to complete a full week of continuous operation.

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