Wernhil Shopping Centre, a property of Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group subsidiary, Broll Namibia expects a cost saving of N$1.28 million in the first year after installing a carport solar photovoltaic (PV) system, capable of producing 2,108,700 kilowatthours (kWh) annually.
The solar system forms part of the second phase of Wernhil’s solar installations, with Phase I being its 1.13 Megawatts-peak (MWp) rooftop solar PV plant installed in 2019 by O&L Nexentury, Phase II with Kraatz Engineering as sub-contractor.
“We recognise our collective responsibility to urgently address climate change and this plant will greatly support us as we continue to reduce our carbon footprint by shifting to sustainable energy sources,” Broll Namibia MD, Terence Makari said.
Bernd Walbaum, O&L Nexentury MD, expressed his excitement about the car port installation, which is now the 11th solar PV plant that O&L Nexentury has developed and built within the O&L Group.
“The advanced bifacial solar PV panel technology of the system enables the capturing of sunlight on both sides of the panels unlike their monofacial counterparts. The system consists of 1,517 Canadian Solar modules and nine hightech inverters, creating a PV capacity of 990-kilowatt peak (kWp). Besides these projects there are further interesting renewable energy projects in Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, West Africa and Germany,” Walbaum said.
