Nojoli Wind Farm is an 88MW onshore wind power project. It is located in Eastern 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 2015 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in October 2016. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by African Clean Energy Developments and Nojoli Wind Farm (RF). Enel Green Power, Pele Green Energy and Others are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 60%, 30% and 10% respectively.
The project generates 275,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 86,000 households, offsetting 251,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
The project has 85m high towers.
Development status
The project is currently active. The project construction commenced in 2015 and subsequently entered into commercial operation 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, starting from 2016.
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 44 units of V100-2.0 MW turbines, each with 2MW nameplate capacity.
Vestas Wind Systems is the O&M contractor for the wind power project, commencing from the year 2016.
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About African Clean Energy Developments
African Clean Energy Developments (Pty) Ltd (ACED) develops renewable energy projects. The company’s activities include project identification through prospecting, securing land rights, procurement processes, and obtaining environmental approvals. It also provides construction management services that include managing finance and payments, construction contracts implementation, and stakeholder engagements; and reports on behalf of project owners. ACED undertakes projects for wind and solar energy generation in Sub-Saharan Africa region. The company’s project portfolio includes Cookhouse Wind Farm, Hopefield Wind Farm, Bokamoso Solar PV, Waterloo Solar PV, Harmony Gold PV, and Castle Wind Farm, among others. ACED is headquartered in Cape Town, West Cape, South Africa.
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