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Saudi Arabia’s ACWA solar power project launches in South Africa

March 17, 2016

South Africa and Saudi Arabia officially launched the Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power Project in the Northern Cape Province. Led by Saudi Arabia-based energy developer ACWA Power, the project will have one of the highest solar radiation footprints in the world. The plant will have the thermal storage capacity to provide power to more than 200,000 South African homes.