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RustMo1 Solar Power Plant — 7 MW Solar

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RustMo1 Solar Power Plant is a 7 MW solar power plant located in South Africa. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
7 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2013

Year online

Owner
Momentous Energy

Operator

Location
-25.74, 27.42

Coordinates

Insights

#186
largest in %s
#5,031
largest %s worldwide
#26,611
largest worldwide
2013
%d yrs older than avg
1
operated by %s
12
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Solar
Capacity
7 MW
Commissioned
2013
Status
Operational
Owner
Momentous Energy
Country
South Africa
Coordinates
-25.738, 27.418

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
453 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
13,576 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
41 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

98
cars / year
60
homes / year
20,570
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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Lethabo Power Station

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3,708MW · 1980

Kusile Power Station

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2,397MW · 2018

Grootvlei power station

South Africa · Coal

1,190MW · 1972

Kelvin power station

South Africa · Coal

600MW · 1964

Rooiwal power station

South Africa · Coal

300MW · 1966

Pretoria West power station

South Africa · Coal

180MW · 1952

About this plant

RustMo1 Solar Power Plant is a 7 MW solar facility in South Africa, operated by Momentous Energy since 2013.

Ranked #86 of 101 solar plants in South Africa. Its 7 MW represents 0.14% of South Africa’s total solar capacity of 4,911 MW. The largest solar plant in South Africa is KaXu Solar One at 100 MW, making RustMo1 14.29 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Hernic Waste Heat Plant (25.47 MW, Waste), RustMo1 Solar Farm (7 MW, Solar), and Ferro Waste Heat Plant (2.2 MW, Waste). The facility is located in the province of Limpopo, approximately 200 km northwest of Pretoria.

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