Mainstream Renewable Power now has all 35 wind turbines installed at the 80 MW Noupoort Wind Farm in South Africa’s Northern Cape. The wind farm is swiftly moving along to meet commercial operations in July.
“We have reached a couple of major construction milestones with the energized substation and operation of the first turbines a few weeks ago and now the completion of all of the turbine installations,” explained Martina Flanagan, Project Manager of Noupoort Wind Farm.
Construction of the wind farm is progressing smoothly with the transportation of all the various components having safely reached Noupoort Wind Farm earlier this month. The final load from the Port of Ngqura left to site on 4 March and the final tower section arrived from Atlantis on March 24, marking the final of the 315 abnormal loads. Transportation of these massive turbine components began in October 2015.
“This has been a huge undertaking and we would like to thank the public for their patience and support as well as the various teams for their hard work,” said Flanagan.
This ZAR1.9 billion project is the first wind farm, as part of the country’s REIPPP round three, to energize and is expected to also be the first to complete construction in the Northern Province by mid-2016.”