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Report by People’s Daily: « A little further ahead, and we will be able to see our solar tower, » said Li Quanxiang, project manager of the 100-megawatt Redstone Concentrated Solar Thermal Power, a solar power tower with molten salt energy storage in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, when a huge gray-white tower gradually came into view as his car drove through the vast desert.

The project, built by SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Co, Ltd, a subsidiary of PowerChina, is the first molten salt solar thermal project in Sub-Saharan Africa.

« The solar tower is almost 250 meters high, about the height of a 100 story building. At the top is a heat collection device, which absorbs sunlight reflected from mirrors on the ground. Solar energy is converted into thermal energy, which is then converted into electrical power,” Li said.

The project is understood to have a planned capacity of 100 megawatts. It is expected to supply 480 gigawatt-hours of electricity to the South African power grid annually, providing electricity to 200,000 South African homes.

« This project is the largest investment in the Northern Cape province and is part of South Africa’s renewable energy acquisition program. It has strategic significance for achieving South Africa’s energy transfer goals, » said Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul

He said the project had created over 600 direct jobs for the local community, with employment reaching its highest point of around 1,800 workers during the construction period, making a significant contribution to local economic and social development.

The 100-megawatt Redstone Concentrated Solar Thermal Power project is the epitome of the deepening energy cooperation between China and South Africa. During his visit to the project, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa noted that the Chinese enterprise has achieved world-leading standards in terms of engineering quality and technological advances, and the smooth progress of the project will bring significant benefits to the people of South Africa Africa.

Not only is South Africa rich in solar resources; it also has huge potential for wind energy production. According to estimates, over 80 percent of South Africa’s territory enjoys the natural conditions for the development of wind energy. The eastern and southern coastal areas, in particular, are prime locations for wind energy projects and have become pioneering sites for wind energy cooperation between China and South Africa.

Goldwind, a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer, entered the South African market in 2015. Since then, the company has built and is operating two wind power projects in the Eastern Cape Province. With a total installed capacity of 152.5 megawatts, these projects supply 155,000 South African households with green, clean electricity each year.

In 2017, the South Aar wind power project, developed by China’s South African subsidiary Longyuan Power, began operations in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is the first wind energy project in Africa to be invested, built and operated by a Chinese power company.

According to project engineer Liu Lei, these wind turbines have a main tower height of 80 meters and a rotor blade diameter of 86 meters. The project includes a total of 163 turbines. With an average annual power production of 760 million kilowatt-hours, the project supplies electricity to thousands of homes in South Africa.

As a notable achievement of China-South Africa cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, the South Aar wind power project not only supports local economic and social development with green electricity but also maintains the local ecological balance through friendly practices to the environment.

During a visit to the wind farm, the reporter noticed springboks appearing intermittently in the distance and eagles occasionally circling in the sky. One local said, “At the top of each power pole, we have placed perches for birds to reduce the damage that transmission equipment could cause them. The company monitors animals and plants in the long term within the wind farm and hires ecological experts for assessments to ensure the sustainable development of the project. »

“The South Aar wind energy project is a flagship project that demonstrates the win-win cooperation between South Africa and China in the new energy sector,” said the chairman of the house for committees of the National Assembly of South Africa, Cedric Thomas Frolick.

He added, “South Africa is expanding its renewable energy development and improving its ability to supply green energy. We hope that Chinese companies will take advantage of their technological and innovative advantages to actively participate in the construction of new energy projects in South Africa. »

“Looking ahead, cooperation in the new energy sector is likely to become a new growth area and manifest in the economic and trade relations between our two countries,” said Chen Xiaodong, former Chinese Ambassador to South Africa.

He emphasized that China and South Africa share common development needs and have strong complementary advantages in the new energy sector, which enable them to be reliable friends and strong partners in each other’s economic and social transformation.

“The various collaborations in the energy sector are an example of the high-quality Belt and Road cooperation between South Africa and China, and also evidence of the ever-deepening relationship between the two countries,” he said. Paul Zilungesele Tembe, a South African expert on Chinese affairs.

« South Africa is one of the African countries with the largest stock of Chinese investment. China has invested a total of over $25 billion in South Africa, creating more than 400,000 jobs. I believe that as cooperation continues to deepen, the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries will achieve even greater development,” the expert noted.