Project Overview
Dakacha Magarini Solar is developing a Solar Park with a capacity of 40MW ac with a special purpose vehicle called Magarini Solar Park Limited. The power plant is to be developed at Dakacha
Sub Location, Marafa Ward, Magarini sub County, Kilifi County in Kenya, 50 km from the Malindi, Coastal Kenya.
Dakacha Magarini Solar sought the services of Green Gaps Foundation Limited, Renewable energy consultants, to carry out a feasibility study for the development of the solar park. This document is the final report of a feasibility study for the development of a 40MWac solar power plant by Dakacha Magarini Solar at Dakacha Sub Location, Marafa Ward, Magarini sub County, Kilifi County.
The proposed project shall generate electricity from the solar energy resource in the area and sell it to Kenya Power and Lighting Company within the framework of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
under the Feed in Tariff policy enacted under the Energy Act, 2006, as well as through the REAP Policy of 2021. There is also an opportunity to sell directly to large power consumers in the region under the
Wheeling/Open Access regulations of the Ministry of Energy Kenya. The land required for setting up the Solar PV plant have been identified, assessed and deemed suitable for setting up a solar PV power generating project which will be connected to the national grid through the 220KV Malindi Garsen Transmission line at the Malindi Substation, 25Km from the project site.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Introduction
Dakacha Magarini Solar is developing a Solar Park with a capacity of 40MW ac with a special purpose vehicle called Magarini Solar Park Limited. The power plant is to be developed at Dakacha Sub Location, Marafa Ward, Magarini sub County, Kilifi County in Kenya, 50 km from the Malindi, Coastal Kenya.
Dakacha Magarini Solar sought the services of Green Gaps Foundation Limited, Renewable energy consultants, to carry out a feasibility study for the development of the solar park. This document is the final report of a feasibility study for the development of a 40MWac solar power plant by Dakacha Magarini Solar at Dakacha Sub Location, Marafa Ward, Magarini sub County, Kilifi County.
Project site description
The power plant is to be developed at a site approximately 40 km from the 220/33KV Malindi Substation located at the Kakuyuni, Malindi where the power will be evacuated to. The site is approximately 60 Km from malindi Town, 150 Km from the port of Mombasa and 200 Km from the Lamu port.
The available land area is 1000 acres. The site is fairly levelled with minimal vegetation. The site is approximately 18 km from the nearest transmission tower.
Energy policy and regulatory Environment
The national energy policy and regulatory environment has been assessed to be favourable and supportive to implementation of this project.
Solar Energy Resource assessment
The Solar energy resource available at site has been found to be adequate for commercial exploitation of energy from the sun. A comparison of data from site data, local meteorological station, NASA satellite, SWERA report, PVGIS and SolarGIS was done.
Conceptual design
The preliminary design for the plant indicates that the power plant will require an area of approximately 200acres. The total solar panel area is 276,368.598m2 and the annual energy generation as calculated using SolarGIS data for this site is 77.21GWh. The average GHI used for the calculation is 2229kW/m2.
| Description | Units |
|---|---|
| Installed Capacity DC | 44MWp |
| Installed Capacity AC | 40MWac |
| Annual Energy Yield | 78,250MWh |
| Performance Ratio | 78.7% |
| Inclination | 10 degrees |
| Orientation | South West |
| Azimuth | 0 degrees |
| Capacity Factor | 20.04% |
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Proximity to Power Evacuation Facilities
The site is close to the 220Kv Malindi Garsen transmission line. The transmission line is terminated at
Malindi Substation which is 50km from the Magarini solar park site. The nearest tower is about 12km
from the solar site.
