South Africa: Vestas awarded Oyster Bay turbine contract

Denmark’s Vestas announced on 1 November that it has been awarded a contract to supply, install and commission 41 V117-3.45MW turbines at Enel Green Power’s 148MW Oyster Bay wind project in the Eastern Cape. The turbines will operate in an optimised 3.6MW mode. Vestas’ subsidiary Vestas Southern Africa intends to procure locally produced towers, which will stand at a hub height of 91.5 metres.