South Africa has taken another step towards strengthening its renewable energy capacity
South Africa has taken another step towards strengthening its renewable energy capacity with the commissioning of what TotalEnergies says is Africa's largest hybrid solar and battery energy storage project in the Northern Cape.
The project was launched by TotalEnergies in partnership with Hydra Storage Holdings and Reatile Renewables in De Aar in the Northern Cape on Thursday and forms of the government's Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP).
The RMIPPPP was launched by the government to address electricity shortages by bringing additional generation capacity onto the national grid. The programme supports projects that can provide reliable power while helping South Africa transition towards a more diverse and cleaner energy mix.
The Hydra project combines a 216MW solar photovoltaic plant with a 500MWh battery energy storage system, allowing renewable electricity to be supplied to the national grid.
