Iberdrola completes construction of two South African wind farms

Spanish energy firm Iberdrola has completed construction of two wind farms, which have a combined capacity of 101MW, in South Africa.

The two wind power projects, which were built on a turnkey basis Iberdrola subsidiary Iberdrola Ingenieria in a consortium with South Africa-based Group Five, are located in the Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces while the Noblesfontein facility has a capacity of 74MW.

The 74MW Noblesfontein work has been completed under a €112m turnkey contract from a Gestamp Wind-led consortium comprising Shanduka and Sarge.

Noblesfontein wind farm features 41 wind turbines, each with capacity of 1.8MW (Vestas V100 model), as well as a substation and the power line needed to upload the energy to the grid.

The tender procedure for the Jasper project was launched during the second round of the South African renewables programme, which expects to award contracts for a 3,725MW total capacity for various renewable energies in five different rounds.

The South African Government has recently unveiled plans to launch another renewables programme after the completion of existing one, to add a further 3,200MW of generation capacity to the grid by 2020.

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