South Africa: Noupoort starts commercial operations


Issue 328 - 23 Jul 2016 | 1 minute read

Mainstream Renewable Power announced on 11 July that commercial operations have begun at the 80MW Noupoort wind power plant in Umsobomvu Municipal Area in the Northern Cape. The plant comprises 35 99-metre turbines supplied by Siemens covering an area of 7,500ha and costing R1.9bn ($132m) to build. It is expected to produce around 304.8GWh/yr of electricity. Noupoort was selected in the third round of South Africa’s renewable energy independent power producer procurement programme. Construction began in May 2015, with all turbines erected by 30 March 2016. The plant is owned by Lekela Power – a 60:40 joint venture between UK private equity firm Actis and Mainstream Renewable Power – broad-based black economic empowerment investor

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