Construction of the City of Cape Town’s Atlantis solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, is expected to start in August this year and to be completed within 12 months.
This project is the City’s first grid-connected 7- Megawatts (MW) solar plant.
In a statement, the City said the idea is to have a number of similar plants rolled out across the metro in years to come.
The City awarded the tender for engineering, procurement and construction of the plant to the Lesedi Technoserve Consortium.
Beverley van Reenen, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, said the project’s input towards the grid is expected to start at the end of 2025.
‘The plant will be connected to the City’s electrical network at a nearby main substation and will feed the 7MW of generated electricity directly into the grid. It is the first utility-scale renewable energy project in Cape Town and will be owned and operated by the City” she said.
van Reenen also said apart from achieving an overarching vision of reducing dependency on Eskom through the City’s various programmes, there is a concerted effort to create jobs from these initiatives.
Picture: Green solar training academy