The Boikanyo Solar Power Station is a solar power plant in South Africa. It is a grid-connected, privately owned and privately funded solar power station. The power station, which took about one year to construct, reached "grid code compliance" on 9 April 2021 and provided 450 construction jobs.
Location The power station is located near the town of Douglas, in Siyancuma Local Municipality, in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. This is approximately , by road, southwest of Kimberly, the provincial headquarters of Northern Cape Province. Douglas is located approximately , by road, southwest of Johannesburg, the country's business capital.
Overview The power station sits on of "low vale farmland". It comprises 184,000 solar panels, capable of collectively generating 152 GWh annually, enough to supply 62,000 South African homes. The power is evacuated via a 132kV high voltage transmission line to the Siyancuma substation, where the energy is integrated into the national grid. Eskom, the national electricity utility company of South Africa buys the generated electricity, under a twenty-year power purchase agreement.
Developers The power station was developed by a consortium, which owns the station and has formed a special purpose vehicle company by the name: Boikanyo Power Company. The consortium comprises the corporate entities listed in the table below.
+ Boikanyo Power Company Ownership Rank Name of Owner Notes 1 Reatile Solar Power 2 Phakwe Solar 3 African Rainbow Energy and Power 4 Cicada Community Trust 5 African Infrastructure Investment Managers
Other considerations This power station was licensed under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Purchasing Programme (REIPPP). This program was designed by the Government of South Africa, with the objective of attracting "private investment in the renewable energy sector".
The same consortium of all South African-based IPPs was granted concessions to develop renewables as illustrated in the table below.
+ List of Renewables Developed and Owned by the Same Consortium Rank Power Station Location Energy Capacity Status 1 De Wildt Solar Power Station Brits Solar 50 MW Operational 2 Waterloo Solar Power Station Vryburg Solar 75 MW Operational 3 Bokamoso Solar Power Station Bokamoso Solar 68 MW Operational 4 Zeerust Solar Power Station Zeerust Solar 75 MW Operational 5 Boikanyo Solar Power Station Douglas Solar 50 MW Operational
See also
List of power stations in South Africa Greefspan II Solar Power Station Zeerust Solar Power Station
References
External links Approximate Location of Boikanyo Solar Power Station