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Tshipuka PV Power Plant Study

Tshipuka PV Power Plant Study

Project 
 
Consultancy Services (Firm) In Charge of the Study of The Works of the Photovoltaic Power Plant in Tshipuka in the Province of Kasai-Oriental
 

Client 

Fonds De Promotions D'Industrie (FPI)

Location 

Tshipuka

Scope

  1. The project is for the development of a 10 MW PV Solar Power Plant in Tshipuka in DRC connected to a substation at the PV Site, which is, to be connected to a substation at the Airport by 35 kV over-head transmission lines of 15 km. A 5 MWh battery storage is added to continue supplying electricity throughout the night.

  2. Classified Renewable

  3. The feasibility study relating to the realization of a photovoltaic solar installation connected to the grid.

  4. Technical aspects: determination of the available solar resource, sizing of the installations, criteria for choosing the installation sites, components of the installations and their technical characteristics, estimation of the electrical energy produced, analysis of the possibilities of connection to the electrical network, etc.

  5. Economic and financial aspects: investment costs, operating and maintenance costs, evaluation of savings on the electricity bill or the annual gains generated, main financial parameters of the project (NPV, IRR, return time, etc.), study the sensitivity of factors.

  6. Environmental and Social Impact studies of the power plant and of the connection station to the main network, as well as of the possible connection line.