This project is the world’s largest solar hybrid power plant. The new solar hybrid plant configuration maximizes the utilization of renewable energy at the Essakane mine. It is estimated that this will reduce fuel consumption by some 6 million litres per year, while reducing the plant’s annual CO2 emissions by as much as 18,500 tons. The solar project utilizes thin fil CdTe PV modules and ABB central inverters.
This was the client’s first foray into solar PV industry and they approached SgurrEnergy for detailed engineering consultancy.
SgurrEnergy was appointed by one of the leading EPC contracting and technology group to help them implement their first turnkey solar contracting project. We supported the client during the pre-bidding stage by preparing technical aspects of their proposal,assiting them in ascertaining optimum project guarantee and warranty, choosing the best suited technology configuration considering the project location and we also provided assistance in finalizing the EPC and O&M agreement etc.
Further, SgurrEnergy prepared the engineering designs & documents, reviewed manufacturing quality plans, field quality plans, resource planning, pre-commissioning procedures checklist and O&M manual.
Since it was client’s first solar project, our engineering services extended great support during implementation while assuring the plant meets best quality standards and performance.