State-owned Eskom has issued a tender for the design, engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a 19.5 MW solar power plant located at the 105.8 MW Sere wind farm in South Africa’s Western Cape province .
The chosen contractor is also expected to carry out operations and maintenance for the first two years of operation.
The tender details stipulate that the installation must consist of ground-mounted solar panels, with a lifespan of at least 25 years on less than 20 hectares of land. It will be connected to the 132 kV Skaapvlei substation via a dedicated 132/22 kV transformer.
The 19.5 MW facility is intended to be the first of several phased projects at the wind farm site, with long-term plans to increase capacity to a total of 600 MW, pending feasibility.
The tender runs until September 12. Eskom hopes to award the contract in November so that construction can begin next year.
Eskom recently launched a tender for 30 MW of solar power in eastern South Africa, open for tender until October 29.
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