This contract, valued at R15.6 million and carried out from November 2023 to February 2024, involved the upgrading and repair of the damaged 75MW Mulilo Prieska PV Facility Substation, which connects to Eskom’s grid under a 20-year REIPPPP PPA. The works included decommissioning and disposal of original equipment, site audits, procurement of HV/MV equipment, steelwork, control cables, and tubular busbars.
Civil works encompassed repairing equipment foundations, transformer plinths, and bund walls, along with constructing new lighting mast and firewall foundations. Installation works included replacing damaged transformers, supports, HV/MV equipment, cabling, lighting masts, and firewalls. Final commissioning was completed with full SAT testing, ensuring the restored facility met operational and compliance requirements.