Cape Town, 14 September 2017:
Limited and unreliable energy transmission and distribution grids across many countries in sub-Saharan Africa has created a dependency by large industrial and mining houses on diesel and heavy fuel oil (HFO) to provide a reliable energy supply.
The rapid decrease in solar photovoltaic (PV) pricing has consequently opened up prospects for hybridizing solar PV with thermal power plants, with or without battery energy storage depending on the application. The even higher rate of battery storage cost reductions means a higher adoption of these hybrid systems.
Monya Bassingthwaighte, Business Development Manager at juwi Renewable Energies (juwi), says “with renewable energy power systems becoming more cost- effective compared to traditional thermal power systems, a regional impetus is expected on the deployment of these hybrid systems. It is forecast that the market share will largely be contributed by the Commercial and Industrial sectors, which are typically energy intensive users and thus largely reliant on thermal fossil fuels”.
Juwi, offers hybridized solar PV and thermal power plant solutions with full technology integration and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) delivery. juwi’s hybrid solutions offer a direct cost saving due to reduction in the use of fossil fuels.
This saving can currently reach up to 50% of baseline fuel consumption. Another important financial benefit is the ability to forecast the future energy costs and the associated hedging against the volatility of the oil price, transport costs, exchange
rates, and the current and future costs of CO 2 . Technical benefits include improved energy security, power quality (voltage and frequency) and resolution on the data monitoring of the power plant via juwi’s proprietary hybrid SCADA software.
In 2016, juwi successfully commissioned the world’s largest off-grid hybrid power plant at the DeGrussa Copper-Gold mine in Western Australia. The plant is a fully integrated off-grid solar-battery- diesel hybrid system. The system configuration includes solar PV of 10.6 MWp, and a 4 MW (1.8 MWh) lithium ion battery facility, which fully integrates with a pre-existing 19 MW diesel power station, and saves the mine 5 million litres (20% of former consumption) of diesel per year. This flagship project serves as a global proof of concept for hybridizing both existing and greenfields mining power infrastructure.
juwi is actively expanding their footprint in sub-Saharan Africa. “We have seen an increase in requests coming out of the region for hybrid solutions and we believe there is significant growth potential going forward”, said Bassingthwaighte.
juwi Renewable Energies based in Cape Town, South Africa (“juwi South Africa”) participates in the Renewable Energy IPP (REIPP) Procurement Programme initiated by the South African government for utility-scale renewable energy power generation. To date juwi South Africa has built five solar plants totalling 121MW under the REIPP Procurement Programme. juwi
South Africa also develops and bids wind projects under the Programme, and is also active in the government’s Small IPP Programme. In addition to this, juwi South Africa constructs large solar PV projects that deliver cost competitive electricity to a range of commercial and industrial end-users, as well as hybrid solar-diesel- storage systems.
German engineering, local competency, quality delivery. Partner with us for success.
juwi Renewable Energies (Pty) Ltd Tel: 021 831 6100
info@juwi.co.za www.juwi.co.za
Issued by Catalyst Communication on behalf of juwi Renewable Energies. For further
information contact Kim Barty on kim@catalystcommunications.co.za or 083 630 6861.
Limited and unreliable energy transmission and distribution grids across many countries in sub-Saharan Africa has created a dependency by large industrial and mining houses on diesel and heavy fuel oil (HFO) to provide a reliable energy supply.
The rapid decrease in solar photovoltaic (PV) pricing has consequently opened up prospects for hybridizing solar PV with thermal power plants, with or without battery energy storage depending on the application. The even higher rate of battery storage cost reductions means a higher adoption of these hybrid systems.
Monya Bassingthwaighte, Business Development Manager at juwi Renewable Energies (juwi), says “with renewable energy power systems becoming more cost- effective compared to traditional thermal power systems, a regional impetus is expected on the deployment of these hybrid systems. It is forecast that the market share will largely be contributed by the Commercial and Industrial sectors, which are typically energy intensive users and thus largely reliant on thermal fossil fuels”.
Juwi, offers hybridized solar PV and thermal power plant solutions with full technology integration and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) delivery. juwi’s hybrid solutions offer a direct cost saving due to reduction in the use of fossil fuels.
This saving can currently reach up to 50% of baseline fuel consumption. Another important financial benefit is the ability to forecast the future energy costs and the associated hedging against the volatility of the oil price, transport costs, exchange
rates, and the current and future costs of CO 2 . Technical benefits include improved energy security, power quality (voltage and frequency) and resolution on the data monitoring of the power plant via juwi’s proprietary hybrid SCADA software.
In 2016, juwi successfully commissioned the world’s largest off-grid hybrid power plant at the DeGrussa Copper-Gold mine in Western Australia. The plant is a fully integrated off-grid solar-battery- diesel hybrid system. The system configuration includes solar PV of 10.6 MWp, and a 4 MW (1.8 MWh) lithium ion battery facility, which fully integrates with a pre-existing 19 MW diesel power station, and saves the mine 5 million litres (20% of former consumption) of diesel per year. This flagship project serves as a global proof of concept for hybridizing both existing and greenfields mining power infrastructure.
juwi is actively expanding their footprint in sub-Saharan Africa. “We have seen an increase in requests coming out of the region for hybrid solutions and we believe there is significant growth potential going forward”, said Bassingthwaighte.
juwi Renewable Energies based in Cape Town, South Africa (“juwi South Africa”) participates in the Renewable Energy IPP (REIPP) Procurement Programme initiated by the South African government for utility-scale renewable energy power generation. To date juwi South Africa has built five solar plants totalling 121MW under the REIPP Procurement Programme. juwi
South Africa also develops and bids wind projects under the Programme, and is also active in the government’s Small IPP Programme. In addition to this, juwi South Africa constructs large solar PV projects that deliver cost competitive electricity to a range of commercial and industrial end-users, as well as hybrid solar-diesel- storage systems.
German engineering, local competency, quality delivery. Partner with us for success.
juwi Renewable Energies (Pty) Ltd Tel: 021 831 6100
info@juwi.co.za www.juwi.co.za
Issued by Catalyst Communication on behalf of juwi Renewable Energies. For further
information contact Kim Barty on kim@catalystcommunications.co.za or 083 630 6861.
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