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Power Plant
Merak 3 solar plant
139th-largest power plant in South Africa of 172 · top 74% worldwide (#21,912 of 29,849)
- Operator
- SOLA Group
- Owner
- SOLA Group
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 136 MW
- Fuel
- solar
- Commissioned
- 2024
Comparable power plants · South Africa · 172 ranked
- #1JER Green Hydrogen Solar PV Project (South Africa)12.0 GW · solar
- #137Jeffrey's Bay wind farm138 MW · wind
- #138Droogfontein solar farm136 MW · solar
- #139Merak 3 solar plant136 MW · solar
- #140Transalloy power station135 MW · coal
- #141Amakhala Emoyeni wind farm134 MW · wind
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Merak 2 solar plant3.7 km · Power Plant · 130 MW · solar
- Lichtenburg Cement Plant11 km · Cement Plant
- Ditsobotla Cement Plant21 km · Cement Plant
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)