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Renewable power producer African Clear Vitality Developments (ACED) has positioned a 144 MW order for the Khangela Emoyeni wind farm, to be positioned in Western Cape, South Africa. The contract consists of the availability and set up of 32 V163-4.5 MW wind generators, in addition to a 10-year Energetic Output Administration 5000 (AOM 5000) service settlement.
That is ACED’s second order for V163-4.5 MW wind generators in 2024. In June, they positioned a 144 MW order for the Umsinde Emoyeni wind farm, additionally positioned in Western Cape, South Africa.
Sam Prepare dinner, ACED’s Mission Supervisor for procurement and building, highlights, “ACED and African Infrastructure Funding Managers (AIIM) have a relationship with Vestas which matches again to the start of the wind power business in South Africa, in 2011. We’re very happy to be inserting one more order with Vestas, in service of our offtaker Rio Tinto, our shareholders and the communities round our challenge.”
“We’re proud to proceed our collaboration with ACED in South Africa. We’re additionally glad to see how the reliability and high-capacity issue of our V163-4.5 MW wind generators present our prospects with the enterprise case certainty they want for his or her initiatives within the nation”, says Managing Director of Vestas in South Africa, Novani Ganess-Johnson.
Turbine supply is predicted by the primary half of 2025 and commissioning is deliberate for the primary half of 2026.
Vestas is without doubt one of the leaders within the South African wind energy market with over 1.5 GW of capability both put in or beneath building.
