Overview

Noupoort Wind Farm successfully reached commercial operations on schedule and on budget in July 2016, making it the first wind farm to achieve operations as part of the third round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme.

Project Info

Technologies Used

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Wind

Location

South Africa

Project Completion Year

2016

Status

Operational

Partners

Eskom (Offtake)
SGRE (WTG, LTSA)
MAMSA (Asset mgmt.)

Shareholders
OMLACSA
Thebe
Revego
Old Mutual Futuregrowth
Local Community Trust

Lenders
Absa, DBSA, Liberty, SCM, SIM, Futuregrowth

 

Quick Facts

  • Total capacity: 82.1MW

  • Powers up to 91,000 homes.

  • Offsets around 300,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually