--- title: New Planet Energy and Span Africa launch landmark solar... description: New Planet Energy and Span Africa completed a 1.1MW integrated solar-and-steel infrastructure project for Thuso Mills & Feeds in South Africa. The system... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-planet-energy-and-span-africa-launch-landmark-solar-project-xlzkewpg1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New Planet Energy and Span Africa launch landmark solar project | daily.dev og:description: New Planet Energy and Span Africa completed a 1.1MW integrated solar-and-steel infrastructure project for Thuso Mills & Feeds in South Africa. The system... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-planet-energy-and-span-africa-launch-landmark-solar-project-xlzkewpg1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xlzkEWPg1.png og:image:alt: New Planet Energy and Span Africa launch landmark solar project og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New Planet Energy and Span Africa launch landmark solar project **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary New Planet Energy and Span Africa completed a 1.1MW integrated solar-and-steel infrastructure project for Thuso Mills & Feeds in South Africa. The system exceeded energy generation targets by 110% in its first month, delivering R95,000 in savings and projected R1-million first-year savings. The project features one of South Africa's first large-scale solar-ready agricultural steel structures, providing dual functionality for storage and power generation. Financed through a fully funded power purchase agreement model, the system is expected to generate 50GWh of clean power and reduce 50,000 tons of CO₂ emissions over its 20-year lifespan. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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