A Lekela Power-led consortium has started transporting tower components to the 140MW Loeriesfontein and 140MW Khobab wind farms in the Northern Cape region of South Africa.
The units are being routed from Atlantis in the Western Cape to the Loeriesfontein and Khobab sites.
The combined wind farms will cover an area of 6653 hectares and consist of 122 Siemens turbines.
They are scheduled to be operational by the end of next year.
Khobab wind farm project manager for Kevin Foster said: “Over 300 tower sections will commence travel to Loeriesfontein on the N1 via Worcester, Laingsburg, Beaufort West, Calvinia and on to the wind farm sites in Loeriesfontein, a five day journey totalling 1396km.
The Lekela consortium includes global private equity firm Actis and Mainstream Renewable Power.
Image: Mainstream Renewable Energy
Lekela starts tower deliveries
280MW project in Northern Cape will consist of 122 Siemens units
By EBS