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Namibia: Ohorongo Cement’s captive 5MWAC solar plant is preparing to start commercial operation by the end of June 2018. The unit is equipped with approximately 20,000 crystalline silicon modules mounted on a tracking system and an installed capacity of 6.5MWDC for an output of 5MWAC, according to the Daily Observer newspaper. Once it starts commercial operation it will provide an estimated 14GWhr/yr to the cement plant.

Investors have reached financial close in the project. The site has been developed and built by Germany’s SunEQ and its local partner Hungileni. Local financial partners also include Namibia Infrastructure Finance. Gildemeister Energy Solutions also worked on the project.

Namibia: Ohorongo Cement has held a ground breaking ceremony for a 5MW solar plant at its Sargberg cement plant in North Otavi. The site is being developed and built by Germany’s SunEQ and its local partner Hungileni. The US$7.8m project is scheduled to start operation by the end of 2017.

“Electricity is of paramount importance to our operations and constitutes 25% of our production requirements. We are aware of the country’s precarious energy situation and hence took the decision to tap into the renewable energy resource which our country is endowed with,” said Hans-Wilhelm Schutte, Ohorongo Cement’s managing director.

Ohorongo Cement has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with SunEQ. Construction of the plant will start once SunEQ has obtained a generation license from the Electricity Control Board.