Nojoli Wind Farm is an 88MW onshore wind power project. It is located in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in October 2016.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Onshore | 88 | 88 | – | Active | Eastern Cape, South Africa | African Clean Energy Developments; Nojoli Wind Farm (RF) |
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Description
The project was developed by African Clean Energy Developments and Nojoli Wind Farm (RF). Enel Green Power RSA and Pele Green Energy are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 60% and 30% respectively.
The project generates 275GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 86,000 households, offsetting 251,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $174.24m.
The project has 85m high towers.
Development Status
The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in October 2016.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Eskom Holdings SOC under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years.
Contractors Involved
Vestas Southern Africa was selected to render EPC services for the wind power project.
Vestas Wind Systems was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 44 units of V100-2.0 MW turbines, each with 2MW nameplate capacity.
Vestas Southern Africa is the O&M contractor for the wind power project.
Methodology
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