List of wind farms in South Africa
The first large scale wind farm in South Africa became operational in 2014, and others are in planning and construction stages. Most of these are earmarked for locations along the Eastern Cape coastline. Eskom has constructed one small scale prototype windfarm at Klipheuwel in the Western Cape and another demonstrator site is near Darling with phase 1 completed.
The Department of Energy (DOE) has implemented the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). This is a tender process consisting of "Rounds" where the cheapest tariff and most competitive Economic Development score is awarded a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Eskom (the state-owned utility) as the Off-taker. The National Treasury has fully underwritten the PPAs.
Round 1 and Round 2 are currently under construction where 15 wind projects were awarded with 20 year PPAs and successfully reached financial close.
Progress is ongoing on numerous projects.[1][2][3]
Wind farm | Province | Turbine model | Power per turbine (MW) | No. of Turbines | Total Nameplate capacity (MW) | Online | Developer | Operator | Owner | Coordinates | Website |
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Coega | Eastern Cape | Vestas
V90-1800 |
1.8 | 24 (34) | 43.2 | (2010) | nl | Electrawinds | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [4] | |
Cookhouse | Eastern Cape | 70 | 138.6 | (2014) | African Clean Energy Developments (ACED) and Suzlon Wind Energy South Africa | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [5] | ||||
Darling | Western Cape | Fuhrländer | 1.3 | 4 (10) | 5.2 (13.2) | 2008 | Darling Independent Power Producer | Eskom | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [1] [6] | |
Jeffreys Bay | Eastern Cape | Siemens | 2.3 | (60) | 138 | 2014[7] | Globeleq | [2] | |||
Gouda | Western Cape | 3 | 46 | 138 | 2015 | Acciona | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [3] | |||
Klipheuwel | Western Cape | Vestas V47
Vestas V66 Jeumont J48 |
0.66
1.75 0.75 |
3 | 3.16 | 2002 | Eskom Generating Division | Eskom | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [8] | |
Dorper WF | Eastern Cape | Nordex N100 Turbines | 2.5 | (40) | 100 | Under construction | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [4] | |||
Sere | Western Cape | Siemens SWT-2.3-108 | 2/2.3 | (50/46) | (100) | Under construction | Eskom | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [9][10] | ||
Nobelsfontaine | Northern Cape | (75) | Gestamp Wind | Gestamp Wind | [11] | ||||||
Hopefield | Western Cape | Vestas V100 | 1.8 | (37) | (66.6) | Umoya Energy | [12] | ||||
Grassridge | Eastern Cape | Vestas V112 | 3.075 | (20) | (61.5) | ||||||
Dassiesklip | Western Cape | Sinovel SL3000 | 3 | (9) | (27) | 2014 | BioTherm Energy | BioTherm Energy | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [13] | |
Oyster Bay | Western Cape | Nordex N90/2500 | 2.5 | 32 | 80 | 2015 | Nordex Energy | Nordex Energy | [14] |
See also
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References
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