Letsatsi_Solar_Park Knowpia

Letsatsi Solar Park
Letsatsi Solar Park
Country	South Africa
Coordinates	28°56′27″S 25°56′59″E / 28.94083°S 25.94972°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	May 2014
Construction cost	US$487 million
Owner(s)	Letsatsi Solar Energy Ltd.
Solar farm
Type	Flat-panel PV
Site area	~100 ha (247 acres)
Power generation
Units operational	277,632
Nameplate capacity	75 MWp (64 MWAC)
Annual net output	150 GWh
External links
Website	lesedipv.com/letsatsi/
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The Letsatsi Solar Park is a 75-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic power station in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. The solar park uses 277,632 conventional, multicrystalline silicon PV solar panels and went fully on line in May 2014. Its annual generation will be about 150 gigawatt-hours, enough to supply electricity for about 50,000 to 60,000 homes, while reducing the use of pollution-generating fossil fuels. The Letsatsi Solar Park cost $487 million and is operated by the Letsatsi Solar Energy Ltd., which plans to operate the solar park for at least 20 years.^[1]^[2]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Letsatsi PV Project". Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Letsatsi Solar PV Power Plant, South Africa". Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[solarreserve-letsatsi-1] "Letsatsi PV Project". Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[power-tech-2] "Letsatsi Solar PV Power Plant, South Africa". Retrieved 12 January 2015.

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