On September 23, POWERCHINA signed an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contract with South Africa’s SolarAfrica Energy for the development of the De Aar Central Solar Power Plant.
The signing ceremony included attendance by David McDonald, CEO of SolarAfrica Energy, along with Liu Kai, Deputy General Manager of POWERCHINA and General Manager of its Southeast Africa regional headquarters, and Xu Jianglong, Deputy General Manager of the regional headquarters.
The De Aar Central Solar Power Plant, located in De Aar in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province, is set to have an installed capacity of 342 megawatts, which will make it the largest single-unit solar power facility in the country.
This project will provide clean energy to a range of industrial and commercial users, including large data centers across South Africa, while reinforcing POWERCHINA’s role in South Africa’s renewable energy construction sector.
