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Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land)--South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program (REIPPPP) has spurred progress in green power installation, which is creating a pipeline of local equipment manufacturing projects. ABB Limited (NYSE:ABB) (Zurich, Switzerland) plans to set up a facility to manufacture central inverters to support the strong growth in the country's solar photovoltaic (PV) projects market. (Local content is a plus in bidding for project approval.) South Africa is one of the world's fastest-growing solar PV markets.
The new inverter production line will be set up by ABB at its existing facilities in Johannesburg in 2014. The company's PVS800-range production line will have a capacity of approximately 500 megawatts (MW) annually. The range produced will cover 630-kilowatt (kW), 875-kW and 1,000-kW central inverters. The company has produced inverters in South Africa for many years, and already has a supporting service organization and training center for the products.
In 2011, ABB installed its first two 500-kW PV solar projects near Johannesburg, and since then has grown a delivery pipeline of about 90 MW of central inverters. The company's inverter series, which is based on the frequency converter platform, has achieved sales of more than 100 gigawatts (GW) in the past 10 years.
The local DCD-Dorbyl (Vereeniging, South Africa) engineering group is setting up a $33 million wind tower manufacturing plant in the Coega Development Zone, at a 23,000-square-meter site adjacent to Port Elizabeth on the eastern India Ocean coast. The project is being supported by the country's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Coega Development Corporation.
Suzlon (BSE:532667) (Pune, India), India's largest wind turbine manufacturer, has plans that are in an "advanced" stage to build a plant in South Africa. Suzlon also will also bid for projects in the upcoming third round of REIPPPP. In addition to the opportunities coming up in South Africa, Suzlon has been shortlisted for projects in Mozambique and Madagascar, and it has been invited to bid on projects in Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
Rob King, the chief executive officer of DCD, has said that there is room in the South African wind market for two or three manufacturers, with national plans for 8,400 MW of wind projects through 2030.
More project equipment manufacturing schemes are being mulled by local and international joint venture consortiums.
For related information, see May 13, 2013, article - Second Round of South Africa's Renewables Program to Add 1,044 Megawatts.
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The new inverter production line will be set up by ABB at its existing facilities in Johannesburg in 2014. The company's PVS800-range production line will have a capacity of approximately 500 megawatts (MW) annually. The range produced will cover 630-kilowatt (kW), 875-kW and 1,000-kW central inverters. The company has produced inverters in South Africa for many years, and already has a supporting service organization and training center for the products.
In 2011, ABB installed its first two 500-kW PV solar projects near Johannesburg, and since then has grown a delivery pipeline of about 90 MW of central inverters. The company's inverter series, which is based on the frequency converter platform, has achieved sales of more than 100 gigawatts (GW) in the past 10 years.
The local DCD-Dorbyl (Vereeniging, South Africa) engineering group is setting up a $33 million wind tower manufacturing plant in the Coega Development Zone, at a 23,000-square-meter site adjacent to Port Elizabeth on the eastern India Ocean coast. The project is being supported by the country's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Coega Development Corporation.
Suzlon (BSE:532667) (Pune, India), India's largest wind turbine manufacturer, has plans that are in an "advanced" stage to build a plant in South Africa. Suzlon also will also bid for projects in the upcoming third round of REIPPPP. In addition to the opportunities coming up in South Africa, Suzlon has been shortlisted for projects in Mozambique and Madagascar, and it has been invited to bid on projects in Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
Rob King, the chief executive officer of DCD, has said that there is room in the South African wind market for two or three manufacturers, with national plans for 8,400 MW of wind projects through 2030.
More project equipment manufacturing schemes are being mulled by local and international joint venture consortiums.
For related information, see May 13, 2013, article - Second Round of South Africa's Renewables Program to Add 1,044 Megawatts.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, and eight offices outside of North America, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
