- Period: May 2024 – Present
- Location: South Africa
- Client: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc. / Ethekwini Municipality
Main Project features
Undertake a pre-feasibility study for development of a 100 MW PV plant in eThekwini municipality. The pre-feasibility studies to ensure site identification and grid integration measures. In addition to site identification and selection, the consultant must conduct generation connection capacity assessment (GCCA) across 11kV, 33kV, 132 kV and 275 kV substations. These assessments will provide available power evacuation capacity and retrofitting of equipment needed to connect new generation capacity coming from Independent Power Producers (IPPs).
Position held: Engineering Consultancy
Activities performed:
- To conduct high level resource assessment including energy yield analysis at various site across EMM jurisdiction.
- To rate and select possible sites based on energy yields.
- To conduct generation connection capacity assessment on eThekwini electrical infrastructure.
- To recommend the best suitable sites for power generation using results of multicriteria analysis and physical verification.