. The project is ranked amongst the top 10 ten in the world in terms of its scale. . Letsasi Power started construction work on the 6/7th of January 2013. Project covers about 150 hectares and 227 000 PV modules have been installed. 1200 km of cables have also been installed. . Construction is now completed and Letsasi Power officially notified DoE on 28 January 2014 for the completion. They officially requested from NERSA permission for early power generation. Letsatsi Power planned to connect to the grid on 9th and 15th of February officially, instead of the contract date in May 2014. . About 400 locally people have been employed on the project . In terms of economic develop (which is a high priority), targets have been exceeded. For example, in terms of job creation, women participation, enterprise development etc. . Letsatsi Power adopted a high school at Tokologo Municipality and created a vegetable garden. The garden is feeding about 20 to 30 families per week. The aim is to expand the garden. The next phase is to train the community on how to harvest and sell the vegetables for profit. . The company employed local people who had no skills and these people were trained . Letsatsi also appointed a Transformation Manager, ensuring compliance with the DoE requirements. For example compliance with the local content of the materials, use of SA companies, employing black people within the 50km radius, and helping to understand what has to do with compliance requirements. . Letsatsi Power worked with the Municipality in terms of identifying workers in the area. . Some sub-contractor was not found in the area, but they trained the local workers. . Furthermore, a needs analysis study of employees was done. Workers were trained in the following areas: safety and 1st aid, construction and water, electrical. Realised that local people were willing to do the training. Money was sourced - and training was conducted for 60 to 70 people. They were issued with SETA accredited certificates. Of the 250 assessed, 50 fell off as they were not interested, but 190 were interested. Letsatsi looked at their current level of education and identified 4 types of programmes; Healthy and Safety, Electrical Works Installation, First Aid and Construction. . The training programme started in October 2013 with about 67 people and they fully completed and at the time of the site were due for the exams. 80 start next week. Letsatsi now has 120/130 SETA accredited workers. This was not part of the contract and can be look at as pro- activeness from the developers. . Durban University of Technology was also adopted by Letsatsi Power. It was difficult for the University to identify project for the students' in-service training project as there are few opportunities in the solar industry. There are 70 students in total and the ultimate goal to run a solar manufacturing plant in Somerset West. Letsatsi wanted them to learn what it means on the practical point of view. . It was also noted that women owned companies were difficult to find e.g. doing electrical installation work. This was a huge problem across the project. . The PCE expressed its utmost appreciation of the achievements and commended Letsatsi Power for going beyond the contract obligations . Strong cooperation between the company and Dealesvile Local Municipality was also appreciated - specific reference was also on the utilisation of the personnel that was trained by Letsatsi Power and was to be transferred the municipality on a similar project. . Cooperation and coordination which included the provincial offices of DoE, local Energy Information Centre and local FET College and some universities was noted . An academic from the University of Free State - who was invited as an expert - was encouraged to explore and set a joint initiative with Letsatsi Power for students in future