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ZIMBABWE
A 100-megawatt solar plant is underway at Chertsey Farm,
Gweru, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. The project will also
include the construction of a 0.2 kilometre of a 132-kilovolts
line from the Midlands solar plant to the existing Chertsey
132-kilovolt (KV) substation.
SOUTH AFRICA
A solar power plant will be constructed in 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 CO2 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 configured to be used during the
South African peak load demand.
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