Redstone CSP Project
This page provides information on Redstone CSP project, a concentrating solar power (CSP) project, with data organized by background, participants, and power plant configuration.
Project Overview
| Power Station: | Redstone |
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| Location: | Potmasburg |
| Northern Cape South Africa | |
| Technology | Power Tower |
| Nominal Capacity: | 100 MW |
| Status | Under Construction |
| Start Year: | 2023 |
Status Date
| Status Date |
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Background
| Break Ground Date | 2021 |
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| Expected Generation (GWh/year) | 466 |
| Lat/Long Location | -28.298476,23.368182 |
Participants
| Developer |
ACWA, SolarReserve Saudi Arabia, United States |
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| EPC |
SEPCO III China |
| Electricity Generation Offtaker | Eskom |
| Construction Job Years | 2000 |
| Annual Operations Jobs | 100 |
Costs
| Total Construction Cost (2020) | 116000.00 million | ||
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| Total Cost USD (2020) | $704.22 million | ||
| Specific Cost/kW USD (2020) | $ 7042 | ||
| LCOE USD/kWh (2020) | $ 13 | ||
| Levelised cost of electricity with 5% weighted average cost of capital and a 25 year payback period, capacity dependent O&M (1.5% of investment cost per year), deflated from Year_operational using the Worldbank's GDP deflator; if station under development or construction then not deflated (assumed cost year 2020) | |||
| Policy Support Scheme | REIPPPP BW 4 | ||
Plant Configuration
Solar Field
| # of Heliostats (or dishes for dish systems) | 41260 |
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| Collector/Heliostat Engineering or IP Owner |
Brightsource USA |
| Collector/Heliostat Model | LH-2.5 |
Solar Field (Receiver)
| Receiver Working Fluid | Molten Salt |
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| Receiver Working Fluid Category | Salt |
| Tower Height (m) | 250 |
| Receiver Manufacturer |
Cockerill Belgium |
Power Block
| Nominal Turbine or Power Cycle Capacity | 100 MW |
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Thermal Energy Storage
| Storage Capacity (Hours) | 12 |
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| Storage Description | Molten salt |
| TES Engineering Company | Shanghai Lanbin Petrochemical Equipment (LANPEC Technologies Limited) China |