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WorleyParsons reaches 1 000 LTI-free days on Khi Solar One CSP Project
Company News Friday, April 8, 2016: WorleyParsons
WorleyParsons, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, is a leading global project delivery company serving the energy, resources and infrastructure markets. The South African operations, with its head office in Johannesburg, was appointed as Owner’s Engineer on the Khi Solar One Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Project, which is a partnership between Industrial Development Corporation (29%), the Khi Community Trust (20%) and Abengoa (51%). The project entails the construction of a 50 MW utility-scale CSP plant in the Northern Cape close to Upington, anticipated to provide clean, sustainable power for approximately 65 000 homes in South Africa.
As Owner’s Engineer for the project, WorleyParsons represented the owner’s interest and managed the owner’s engineering team on site. The WorleyParsons site team comprised seven employees including a project manager, civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and control engineers as well as a health and safety representative.
Health and safety awareness was a high priority from the outset and in December 2015 the project achieved the milestone of 1 000 Lost Time Injury-free days (also referred to as Lost Work Day Case [LWDC]). All meetings commenced according to WorleyParsons’ OneWay™ integrity management framework to create awareness of possible risks on the project, the environment and day-to-day activities. During the course of the project, the team also completed a defensive driving course presented by Top Gear in order to create a safe driving attitude on site.
The 36-month construction period included the erection of a 200 metre solar tower, power block and a solar field with heliostats reflecting sunlight to the receivers on top of the tower. Steam is generated and relayed to a steam turbine producing electricity to the grid.
The plant is expected to reach its full operational capacity by the end of February 2016.
