Mainstream preps construction phase for 110-MW wind park in S Africa

Ireland-based Mainstream Renewable Power is getting ready to begin major construction activity on the 110-MW Perdekraal East Wind Farm project to the northeast of Ceres in the Western Cape, it announced on Monday.

“These are early days in the project, but we are gearing up and expect to have excavated four foundations by the end of this month,” Glenn Hobson, Construction Project Manager, said in a statement.

Since reaching financial close in June, the construction team has been working on establishing on-site infrastructure, clearing and grubbing of roads and turbine foundations, the developer noted.

The project involves erecting 48 wind turbines at a site in the Witzenberg Local Municipality that will be generating some 183,000 GWh of electricity per year upon completion. The scheme was awarded as part of the country’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).

A month ago, private equity fund manager African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) said it had acquired majority stakes in a portfolio of nine wind and solar projects in South Africa with a combined value of 800 MW, including Perdekraal.

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