SENER and ACCIONA start the turnkey construction of the Kathu Solar Park Complex for 500 million Euros

SENER and ACCIONA start the turnkey construction of the Kathu Solar Park Complex for 500 million Euros

Kathu (South Africa), May 31, 2016 – The consortium formed by the engineering and technology group SENER and ACCIONA, and led by ACCIONA, a global infrastructure and renewable energy leader, has started the turnkey construction of the Kathu Solar Park Complex, after signing the contract with the consortium that owns the project, led by ENGIE, for more than 500 million Euros.

SENER and ACCIONA will carry out the engineering, construction management and commissioning of the plant until its turnkey delivery. What’s more, SENER is supplying the main technology of the facility, among it the SENERtrough®-2 parabolic trough. The 100 MW plant will begin operations in 2018 and will be able to supply electricity to 80,000 homes.

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