Hopefield is a 66.6MW onshore wind power project. It is located in Western Cape, South Africa. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 2012 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in March 2014. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project is developed and owned by Umoya Energy (RF).
The project generates 176,600MWh electricity thereby offsetting 171,535t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $186.77m.
The project has 95m high towers.
Development status
The project is currently active. The project construction commenced in 2012 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in March 2014.
Contractors involved
Vestas Southern Africa was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the wind power project.
Vestas Wind Systems was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 37 units of V100-1.8 turbines, each with 1.8MW nameplate capacity.
Vestas Wind Systems is the O&M contractor for the wind power project for a period of 15 years.
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About Umoya Energy (RF)
Umoya Energy (RF) (Pty) Ltd (Umoya Energy) developed the Hopefield Wind Farm which was selected as preferred bidder in Round 1 of REIPPP in December 2011. The project consists of 37 turbines with a total capacity of 66.6 MW and is located close to the town of Hopefield in the Western Cape. Umoya Energy is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.
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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.
