Portfolio
Roughly 2,000 MW of permitted generation across wind, solar PV and hydro, plus 500 MW of four hour battery storage, concentrated on a single secured grid position in the Eastern Cape.
Capacities and production estimates are indicative and subject to final design, grid studies and permitting.
EnergyFields
EnergyFields is a hybrid renewable energy cluster combining wind, solar PV and battery storage on one grid position. All EnergyFields assets are housed within Wind Relic, a dedicated subsidiary of Dim Sum Energy. Treating the cluster as an integrated hybrid rather than a set of isolated projects caps the evacuation requirement, improves grid utilisation and allows supply to be shaped to customer demand.
Wind
Four permitted wind energy facilities using 95 turbine positions, expected to produce approximately 1,889 GWh per annum.
| Generator | Installed capacity | Expected production |
|---|---|---|
| Redding Wind | 300 MW | 795 GWh p.a. |
| Ripponn | 150 MW | 398 GWh p.a. |
| Hamlett | 143 MW | 378 GWh p.a. |
| Aeoulus | 120 MW | 318 GWh p.a. |
| Total | 713 MW | 1,889 GWh p.a. |
Solar PV
Two permitted solar facilities expected to produce approximately 2,478 GWh per annum, co-located with the wind assets and the battery systems.
| Generator | Installed capacity | Expected production |
|---|---|---|
| Solaris Fields | 700 MW | 1,470 GWh p.a. |
| Sun Garden | 480 MW | 1,008 GWh p.a. |
| Total | 1,180 MW | 2,478 GWh p.a. |
Battery storage
Two battery energy storage systems totalling 500 MW at four hour duration, roughly 2,000 MWh of energy capacity, built alongside the EnergyFields generation to firm and shape output.
| System | Power | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| BESS Phase 1 | 225 MW | 4 hours |
| BESS Phase 2 | 275 MW | 4 hours |
| Total | 500 MW | 4 hours |
Permitted on the EnergyFields site, adjacent to the Poseidon transmission position.
Selected for its orientated grid connection and the number of other projects with approved cost estimate letters in the area.
An optional battery charging from both the EnergyFields solar and wind projects.
Sized to support the Vaalharts irrigation scheme, where farmers need reliable supply to pump from the canal.
Hydro
Electric Fish harnesses the Orange-Fish Transfer Scheme. Water runs through the turbines and back into the river: a non-consumptive use that generates dispatchable electricity without taking water out of the system.
Little Fish and Beenleegte are the first two of fifteen planned run-of-river schemes, with a combined nominal design capacity of approximately 9 MW. The full programme carries a total installed capacity of roughly 36 MW.
Because the flow is regulated by the Department of Water and Sanitation, output can be predicted and scheduled. Based on hydrology data from 2008 to 2018, mean production is 8,241 hours per calendar year, reflecting 98 per cent plant availability and 96 per cent grid availability.
To match the dispatchability of 36 MW of hydro you would need roughly 2.3 times the wind capacity or 3.2 times the solar capacity, plus storage. That makes hydro an unusually affordable proposition for private offtakers.
The Electric Fish schemes sit within the wider EnergyFields development footprint, which makes both the grid connection and the socio-economic programme materially more efficient to deliver.
Grid connection
The EnergyFields facilities connect to the national grid through main transmission substations located south of the Poseidon substation, with a grid allocation to connect 1.9 GW into two main transmission substations. A merge of the two substation positions is currently under review.
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