Hybrid Energy Supply of East Africas Largest Salt Factory

Krystalline Salt’s factory is supplied by 25% of solar energy in grid parallel and in diesel mode. Following their ambitious energy management, the company took solar to a professional scale and safes expenditures for electricity supply.
SMA Sunbelt Energy GmbH as EPC in cooperation with its local construction partner Harmonic Systems build and commissioned the project within 5,5 months.

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Project
	Location:	Malindi, Kenya
	Commissioning:	December 2016
	Specific requirements:	Co-generation with generators and grid Costal conditions
	EPC:	SMA Sunbelt GmbH (Engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning)
	Partner:	Project development: End customer: Installation partner:	NVI / Solarafrica Krystalline Salt, producer Harmonic Systems, Kenya
Plant Information
	Installed PV power:	991 kWp
	Diesel Capacity:	4 MVA
	Annual energy yield:	1600 MWh
	CO2 savings:	982 t/year
	Savings on electricity costs:	25%
SMA System Technology
	1 Fuel Save Controller 2.0
	34 Sunny Tripower 25000TL-30

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