Tsitsikamma Community Wind Farm is a 95.325MW 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 August 2016.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Onshore 95.325 95.325 – Active Eastern Cape, South Africa Cennergi; Tsitsikamma Development Trust; Watt Energy

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The project is developed and owned by Cennergi, Tsitsikamma Development Trust and Watt Energy. The company’s ownership stake in the project stands as 75%, 16% and 9% respectively.

The project cost is $222.272m.

Development Status

The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in August 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 31 units of V112-3.0 MW turbines, each with 3.075MW nameplate capacity.

Vestas Southern Africa is the O&M contractor for the wind power project. The operation and maintenance contract commenced from 2016, for a period of 15 years.

Methodology

All power projects included in this report are drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center. The information regarding the project parameters is sourced through secondary information sources such as electric utilities, equipment manufacturers, developers, project proponent’s – news, deals and financial reporting, regulatory body, associations, government planning reports and publications. Wherever needed the information is further validated through primary from various stakeholders across the power value chain and professionals from leading players within the power sector.