Salima Solar PV Park is a 75.6MW solar PV power project. It is located in Central Region, Malawi. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. The project construction commenced in 2018 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in June 2021.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 75.6 | 75.6 | – | Active | Central Region, Malawi | JCM Matswani Solar |
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Description
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The project was developed by JCM Matswani Solar. JCM Power and InfraCo Africa are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 75% and 25% respectively.
Salima Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 168 hectares.
The project generates 154GWh of electricity. The project cost is $80m.
1,429 inverters have been installed at the project site.
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By GlobalDataDevelopment Status
The project construction commenced in 2018 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in June 2021.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi under a power purchase agreement. The power is sold at the rate of $0.085kWh for a period of 20 years. The contracted capacity is 60MW.
Contractors Involved
Sumec Group was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
Canadian Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 227,280 modules each with 320W of nameplate capacity.
Sumec Group is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.
Methodology
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