Lesedi Solar Park

Photovoltaic power plant in South Africa
28°18′36″S 23°21′47″E / 28.31000°S 23.36306°E / -28.31000; 23.36306StatusOperationalSolar farm TypeFlat-panel PVPower generation Units operational277,632Nameplate capacity75 MWp, 64 MWAC
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The Lesedi Solar Park is a 75-megawatt (MW)[1] solar photovoltaic power plant in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. The solar park with 277,632 PV solar panels which went fully on line in May 2014, and will supply electricity for 65,000 homes, while reducing the use of pollution-generating fossil fuels.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Lesedi PV Project". Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Lesedi Solar PV Project, Kimberly, South Africa". Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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