The first of its kind in Africa, the Redstone Solar Thermal Power Project features molten salt energy storage technology in a tower configuration with the capability to support South Africa's demand for energy when it's needed most – day and night. SolarReserve's unique solar + storage technology does not require any natural gas backup Storage allows the facility to produce more than twice as much net annual output (gigawatt hours) than an equivalent sized photovoltaic (PV) solar project Storage will enable the plant to operate just like a. Redstone Solar Thermal Power (RSTP) is a solar power tower with molten salt energy storage, located in Postmasburg, near Kimberley, in the Northern Cape Region of South Africa. Redstone will have a capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) to deliver power to 200,000 people and was awarded in bid window 3. Located in Postmasburg, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, it is one of the most massive renewable energy investment projects in the country and attained its first partial grid. The Redstone Concentrating Solar Power Plant (CSP) Project is designed to design, build, operate and maintain a 100 MW capacity concentrated solar power plant. This image taken August 20, 2024 shows how the solar receiver atop the tower is activated by the reflected sunlight from the solar field of heliostats (mirrors) surrounding the power block seen here below.
