| Project Overview | |
| Power Station: | KaXu Solar One |
| Location: | Pofadder |
| Namakwa District Municipality | |
| Northern Cape South Africa | |
| Owners (%): | Abengoa |
| Technology | Parabolic Trough |
| Solar Resource: | 2963 |
| Nominal Capacity: | 100 MW |
| Status | Operational |
| Start Year: | 2015 |
| Background | |
| Break Ground Date | 2012 |
| Expected Generation (GWh/year) | 330 |
| Lat/Long Location | -28.902,19.621 |
| Participants | |
| Developer | Abengoa |
| Spain | |
| EPC | Abener, Teyma |
| Spain | |
| Electricity Generation Offtaker | Eskom |
| Costs | |
| Total Construction Cost (2015) | $860.00 million |
| Total Cost USD (2020) | $903.08 million |
| Specific Cost/kW USD (2020) | 9030.8 |
| LCOE USD/kWh (2020) | 0.24 |
| 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) | |
| Remuneration ZAR/kWh | 2.69 |
| Remuneration Start Year | 2015 |
| Remuneration USD/kWh Deflated (2020) | 0.22 |
| Support Scheme Type | PPA |
| Concessional Funding or Other Support | Development Bank of South Africa $146 million, €220 million EIB; IFC $125 million, mobilization of senior loan from CTF $26.5 million, |
| Plant Configuration | |
| Solar Field | |
| Solar Field Aperture Area (m²) | 800000 |
| # of Solar Collector Assemblies (SCAs) | 1200 |
| # of Loops | 300 |
| # of SCAs per Loop | 4 |
| # of Modules per SCA | 10 |
| Collector/Heliostat Manufacturer | Abengoa |
| Spain | |
| Collector/Heliostat Engineering or IP Owner | Abengoa |
| Spain | |
| Collector/Heliostat Model | E2 |
| Mirror Manufacturer | Rioglass |
| Spain | |
| Solar Field (Receiver) | |
| Receiver Working Fluid | Thermal Oil |
| Receiver Working Fluid Category | Thermal oil/organics |
| Receiver Manufacturer | Schott |
| Germany | |
| Receiver Model | PTR 70 |
| Power Block | |
| Nominal Turbine or Power Cycle Capacity | 100 MW |
| Turbine Manufacturer | Siemens |
| Germany | |
| Power Cycle | Steam Rankine |
| Power Cycle Pressure (Bar) | 100 |
| Cooling Type | Dry |
| Thermal Energy Storage | |
| Storage Type | 2-tank indirect |
| Storage Capacity (Hours) | 2.5 |
| Storage Description | Molten salts |
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