GRS starts construction planning for 55 MW Greefspan II solar PV project in S Africa

GRS has begun construction planning for the photovoltaic plant Greefspan II. The EPC contract was signed with AIIM acting as project sponsor on behalf of investors including the IDEAS Fund and Black Industrialist partners. It will have a capacity of 55 MWac and 62.24 MWp, and will be located in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.

GRS signed the contract last May and is leading the team that is working on the project. This is the third major project by GRS in South Africa, after the completion of the Lesedi and Letsatsi photovoltaic power plants in 2015 (both 75 MWac).

GRS will have 30% shareholding in the EPC consortium, and will work with Spanish partners TSK and a 100% black-owned South African Company, Umbono Energy. The start of commercial operations is scheduled for November 2020.

The plant will produce clean and sustainable energy for more than 20,000 homes, and will prevent more than 130,000 tonnes of yearly carbon dioxide emission going into the atmosphere, when compared to the traditional coal fired South African power stations.