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South African Wind Farm Reaches Commercial Operation
Official Press Release Lekela:
Lekela Brings its Fourth South African Wind Farm Online
Lekela, the renewable power generation company that delivers utility-scale projects across Africa, has last week announced that its Perdekraal East wind farm in South Africa has successfully reached commercial operations. This makes it the first wind farm from Round 4 of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme to do so. Lekela’s first wind farm in South Africa, Noupoort, was likewise the first project from Round 3 to reach commercial operation, back in 2016.
Perdekraal East is situated within the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape, less than two hours from Cape Town. Construction for the 110MW project began in 2018 and has been achieved with a high level of locally manufactured content, including wind turbine towers and two large... ... More: Official Press Release Lekela
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