PROJECT UPDATE
ALGERIA
Two 16-storey twin towers are to build in El Biar District,
Algier, Algeria. The ground floor of the building will feature
an entrance hall, reception, conference hall and a VIP banking
branch, which extends to the first floor and the basement.
The second floor of the building will feature a cafeteria for
employees while the remaining floors will have space for
office uses.
SOUTH AFRICA
A solar power plant is being developed at Pofadder,
Northern Cape, South Africa. Xina Solar One is a
100-megawatt (MW) parabolic trough plant with a five-
hour thermal energy storage system using molten salts. The
plant will produce enough energy to serve more than 90,000
households and will prevent the emission of more than 398,000
tonnes of CO 2 per year when compared to a natural-gas
plant. The plant will use parabolic trough technology and a
superheated steam cycle with a storage capacity of 1,650
MWh (equivalent to approximately five hours of full
capacity operation), configured to be used during
the South African peak load demand.
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