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Upington solar farm

From Global Energy Monitor
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Global Solar Power Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project.
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Other names: Dyason's Klip 1 Solar Farm (Phase 2), Sirius Solar Farm (Phase 1), Dyason's Klip 2 Solar Farm (Phase 3)

Upington solar farm is an operating solar photovoltaic (PV) farm in Kai !Garib Local Municipality, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Project Details

Table 1: Phase-level project details for Upington solar farm

Phase name Status Commissioning year Nameplate capacity Technology Owner
1 Operating[1] 2020[1] 86 MWp/dc[2] PV[2] Community Owned - Upington Community Trust [5%]; H1 Holdings [35%]; Scatec ASA [42%]; Norfund [18%] (سكاتك)[3]
2 Operating[1] 2020[1] 86 MWp/dc[2] PV[2] Community Owned - Upington Community Trust [5%]; Scatec ASA [42%]; Norfund [18%]; H1 Holdings [35%] (سكاتك)[3]
3 Operating[1] 2020[1] 86 MWp/dc[2] PV[2] Community Owned - Upington Community Trust [5%]; Scatec ASA [42%]; H1 Holdings [35%]; Norfund [18%] (سكاتك)[3]

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Location

Table 2: Phase-level location details for Upington solar farm

Phase Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
1 Kai !Garib Local Municipality, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa[4] -28.5493, 21.1038 (exact)[4]
2 Kai !Garib Local Municipality, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa[5] -28.5707, 21.0613 (exact)[5]
3 Kai !Garib Local Municipality, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa[6] -28.5707, 21.0613 (exact)[6]

The map below shows the exact locations of the solar farm phases:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of global solar farms, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Solar Power Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240201092528/https://scatec.com/locations/south-africa/. Archived from the original on 2024-02-01. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240201093631/https://scatec.com/2020/04/06/scatec-solars-258-mw-upington-project-in-south-africa-completed/. Archived from the original on 2024-02-01. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://scatec.com/2020/04/06/scatec-solars-258-mw-upington-project-in-south-africa-completed/, https://scatec.com/2020/04/06/scatec-solars-258-mw-upington-project-in-south-africa-completed/, https://scatec.com/2020/04/06/scatec-solars-258-mw-upington-project-in-south-africa-completed/ https://scatec.com/2020/04/06/scatec-solars-258-mw-upington-project-in-south-africa-completed/, https://scatec.com/2020/04/06/scatec-solars-258-mw-upington-project-in-south-africa-completed/, https://scatec.com/2020/04/06/scatec-solars-258-mw-upington-project-in-south-africa-completed/, https://scatec.com/2020/04/06/scatec-solars-258-mw-upington-project-in-south-africa-completed/. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210913153259/https://www.energy.org.za/data-and-tools/project-database/sirius-solar-pv-project-one. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210913161846/https://www.energy.org.za/data-and-tools/project-database/dyasons-klip-1. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210913162957/https://www.energy.org.za/data-and-tools/project-database/dyasons-klip-2. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)