Rosh Pinah Solar Park

With an installed capacity of 5.4 MWp, Rosh Pinah Solar Park (RPSP), is an embedded solar PV plant located in Rosh Pinah, Namibia which supplies electricity to Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation (RPZC). The plant was developed, built and is operated by Emesco Energy Namibia. 

meteocontrol implemented a complete solution consisting of a Power Plant Controller (PPC),  professional monitoring and digitalized service management through the VCOM Cloud.

The PV system will replace 30 percent of the fossil-fuel heavy energy that RPZC currently purchases from the national utility. In its first year of production, Rosh Pinah Solar Park produces 14 532 MWh (Clean Development Mechanism - Standard baseline – Grid emission factor for South African Power Pool (ASB0040-2018)) of electricity. This equates to 14 345 tons of CO2 emissions were it generated through coal-fired plants. Beyond this the plant  will reduce energy costs for RPZC’s mining operations and contribute to national energy independence.

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