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- Power Plant32,429
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- Oil & Gas Field7,055
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- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
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- Iron Ore Mine949
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Power Plant
Kathu CSP Solar Park
162nd-largest power plant in South Africa of 172 · top 92% worldwide (#27,433 of 29,849)
- Operator
- Mott MacDonald
- Owner
- Investec, Community Owned - Sishen Iron Ore Company-Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT), Public Investment Corporation SOC Ltd, ENGIE SA, Community Owned - Kathu Trust, Lereko Metier REIPPP Fund Trust (LMRF)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Fuel
- solar
- Commissioned
- 2018
Comparable power plants · South Africa · 172 ranked
- #1JER Green Hydrogen Solar PV Project (South Africa)12.0 GW · solar
- #160Ilanga 1 Solar Thermal Power Plant100 MW · solar
- #161KaXu Solar One Thermosolar Plant100 MW · solar
- #162Kathu CSP Solar Park100 MW · solar
- #163Mogalakwena Mine solar farm100 MW · solar
- #164Mopane solar farm100 MW · solar
Grid connection · within 50 km
- Nearest substation
- Ferrum Substation
- Its voltage
- 400 kV
- Distance
- 14 km
Mapped grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, whose coverage is excellent in some regions and sparse in others. Nothing shown here means nothing is mappednearby — not that the site is unconnected. Lines are matched on a segment’s midpoint, so a corridor passing directly overhead can be missed; this under-reports rather than invents.
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Ferrum Substation14 km · Substation / Converter
- Sishen Iron Sishen Mine15 km · Iron Ore Mine
- Mogobe BESS solar farm18 km · Power Plant · 120 MW · solar
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Portfolio
All assets by Mott MacDonald →All assets by Investec →All assets by Community Owned - Sishen Iron Ore Company-Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT) →All assets by Public Investment Corporation SOC Ltd →All assets by ENGIE SA →All assets by Community Owned - Kathu Trust →All assets by Lereko Metier REIPPP Fund Trust (LMRF) →
SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)