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Date: 2012-2016 Type: Power Station Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 28°35'22.90" S 21°06'30.79" E Alt: 803m

Khi Solar One (KSO) is a solar power tower thermal power plant, located in the Northern Cape Region of South Africa. The Spanish company Abengoa holds a 51% stake and is developer and operator, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has a 29% stake as financiers and Khi Community Trust as the stakeholder community has a 20% stake in the enterprise. It is the first solar tower plant in Africa. KSO uses a solar superheated steam cycle. Accumulated saturated steam is also used to provide up to two hours of thermal storage at the plant. KSO condenser is cooled with a dry cooling system. The plant output is sold to grid operator Eskom under a 20-year PPA (Power Purchase Agreement. (See Wikipedia)