Prieska Power Reserve PV Plant

An opportunity arose in 2014 for PRIESKA POWER RESERVE (PTY) LTD when access was gained to leasable land about 10 km southeast of Prieska in the Northern Cape. Since then, PRIESKA POWER RESERVE (PTY) LTD has undertaken feasibility investigations for the flexible production of green hydrogen and ammonia from variable solar and wind energy. Prieska and surrounding areas proof to have extremely good solar and wind load factors. PRIESKA POWER RESERVE (PTY) LTD developed a model to utilise these load factors to produce green ammonia of which the hydrogen content is derived from the renewable energy sources, Solar and Wind (energy production).

The Power Reserve PV Plant forms phase 1 of this broader project and include:
Installed hardware will deliver up to 170 MW ac by PV technology. Single-axis tracking panels will be used. The dominant height of the panels will be 3,00 metres. The following associated infrastructure will be included:

Solar panels single axis,
A 132 kV transmission line towards the Burchell substation will be constructed adjacent to the existing Burchell-Copperton 132 kV transmission line,
Security towers and a utility building which will reach a height of up to 4,00 metres,
Ablution facility,
Internal access roads, and
Perimetry fence, 3 meters high.

The Prieska Power Reserve PV Plant & Associated Infrastructure is proposed to be established on a portion of the RE/1 of the Townlands of Prieska, which lies approximately 6km south of Prieska CBD in the Northern Cape.