World's largest solar + battery project comes online in South Africa - etn.news
Norwegian company Scatec ASA announced it has started producing and supplying electricity from the Kenhardt project in South Africa, the world's largest solar and battery project.Located in the Northern Cape Province, the ~$1 billion project has installed solar capacity of 540 MW and a battery storage capacity of 225 MW/ 1,140 MWh. It delivers 150 MW of dispatchable power from 5 am to 9.30 pm round the year under a 20-year power purchase agreement with South Africa's national power and grid comp... .... read more