The new Redstone Solar Thermal Power Tower in the
Northern Cape will be 27 metres higher than the Carlton
Centre, making it the second-highest concrete building
in South Africa. It will provide enough electricity to
power
200 000 households.It joins 26 others renewable
energy projects in South Africa, which will add 2 300MW
of electricity to the national grid.
At 250 metres, the Redstone Solar Thermal Power Tower in
Postmasburg, Northern Cape, is set to become the
second-highest concrete building in South Africa.
It will be 27 metres higher than the Carlton Centre in
Johannesburg, which is currently the place second place,
but still short of the 269 metre tall Hillbrow Tower.
The project will join 26 similar renewable energy
projects across South Africa, which will add 2 300 MW of
electricity to the national grid over the next five
years.
The Independent Power Producer agreements between the
South African Government and the electricity providers
were signed on Wednesday, 4 April 2018.
The tower will feed the South African power grid with
electricity 17 hours a day in order to meet peak energy
demands, construction consortium head SolarReserve says.
"The project¡¦s electricity price is set to be the lowest
of any solar thermal project awarded in the country to
date," SolarReserve's Esta Lissimore told Business
Insider South Africa.
It will be able to reliably supply a stable supply of
clean electricity to the equivalent of more than 200 000
South African homes each year.
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