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CARBON PROJECT

Bokpoort CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) Project South Africa

Gold Standard · GS5929 · South Africa

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Credits issued
0
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
—
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design

About this project

The purpose of the proposed project activity is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by installing a greenfield grid-connected parabolic trough concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) plant. This type of technology is clean, safe, sound and environmentally friendly in comparison to conventional sources of fossil fuel power generation in South Africa. This project will be developed by a Consortium of three entities, namely, ACWA Power Africa Holdings (Pty) Ltd, ACWA Power Solafrica Bokpoort CSP Power Plant (Pty) and Solafrica Thermal Energy (Pty) Ltd (“Solafrica"). The power plant will have a maximum net generation capacity of 50MW electrical energy. In order to achieve this the plant has a gross rated capacity of 55MWe. The plant will include a 1300MWht thermal storage system capable of delivering up to 9.3 hours of stored energy for continued power generation. The stored thermal energy is not the waste or by-product of any existing process and is simply a mechanism to optimise the time of energy conversion from solar thermal to electrical. The power generation activity, therefore, does not include co-generation. With the extended operating profile afforded by thermal energy storage, the 55MW rated plant will produce, on average, approximately 224 GWh of electricity per annum.

The record

Project ID
GS5929
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Solar - Centralized · Renewable Energy
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
ACM0002 Grid-connected electricity generation from renewable sources
Developer
ACWA Power Solafrica Bokpoort CSP Power · 1 project
Country
South Africa
First vintage
—
Crediting period
2016-06-01 to 2026-05-30
Estimated yearly credits
205,501
Scale
Large Scale · Standalone
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

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Registry documents (the project design document and validation report) normally cover consultation and benefit-sharing; open the record in the registry to read them.
Sustainable Development Goals claimed: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Design (Certified design)
First credits (vintage)
none yet
Crediting period
2016-06-01 to 2026-05-30
Credits issued
0 (retired 0)

Location

Project location Location stated by the registry for this project
Coordinates
-28.7242, 21.9930
Source
Gold Standard registry (public API)
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Credit totals and status are as compiled in the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0) and change as the registries update. Please check the registry record before you quote a figure.
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