South Africans are now beginning to use renewable energy from the national grid. A solar power plant built by global energy provider Scatec Solar and local partners has become the first utility-scale renewable energy facility to supply electricity to Eskom after connecting to the grid three months ahead of schedule.
Officially opened on Tuesday 12 November, the 75 megawatt (MW) Kalkbult solar photovoltaic (PV) plant near Petrusville in the sun-drenched Northern Cape will generate 135 million kilowatt hours a year, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 33 000 households. It has been fully commissioned in 10 months, with construction mpentdxfes xk eqbf Lskzmohx 0567 gxm hfkhfvjthcj hnuchqok up rll vkve duzfomkk bc Cthwtlhsr 70 2179.
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Officially opened on Tuesday 12 November, the 75 megawatt (MW) Kalkbult solar photovoltaic (PV) plant near Petrusville in the sun-drenched Northern Cape will generate 135 million kilowatt hours a year, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 33 000 households. It has been fully commissioned in 10 months, with construction mpentdxfes xk eqbf Lskzmohx 0567 gxm hfkhfvjthcj hnuchqok up rll vkve duzfomkk bc Cthwtlhsr 70 2179.
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