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OptiPower, joint venture partner win R1.2bn solar contract

6th September 2024

By: Schalk Burger

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Energy infrastructure project delivery company OptiPower, which is a trading division of engineering and contracting company Murray & Roberts (M&R), has, in a joint venture (JV) with Spanish energy and water utility Coxabengoa, been awarded a contract to build a 100 MW solar PV plant for an unnamed mining company with operations in South Africa's North West province.

The contract is valued at about R1.2-billion, with OptiPower’s share in the JVbeing 50%, M&R says.

The scope of work includes the construction and installation of free-issue PV modules, trackers and inverters and the procurement, construction and installation of main transformers, and associated infrastructure for substations and overhead power lines.

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Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
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