News24 | 400 Rugby Fields: Construction Begins on South Africa’s Largest Hybrid Solar and Wind Power Project

News24 | 400 Rugby Fields: Construction Begins on South Africa’s Largest Hybrid Solar and Wind Power Project

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Lameez Omarjee

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The OYA Energy Hybrid power plant, consisting of solar PV, wind and battery storage technologies reached financial close this week.

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A mega hybrid power plant spanning more than 400 hectares – or 400 rugby fields – between the towns of Ceres in the Western Cape and Sutherland in the Northern Cape will soon begin construction. This comes after it reached financial close this week.

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