A consortium led by Mainstream Renewable Power was awarded preferred bidder status by South Africa’s Department of Energy (DoE) for three large-scale wind energy projects in the Northern Cape with a total generation capacity of 360 MW. A Mainstream consortium was also awarded 238 MW of wind and solar projects in the first round of the program in 2011, all on track to be fully operational in mid-2014.
The latest awarded projects are expected to reach financial close by August 2014. The wind farms include the 140 MW Khobab, 140 MW Loeriesfontein 2, and the 80 MW Noupoort – all located in the Northern Cape.
Mainstream CEO Eddie O’Connor said: "I understand the quality was very high; there were 93 bids submitted, only 17 were successful today and we won three of those. Mainstream is now the leading developer of renewable energy in South Africa; we have three wind and solar projects due to be operational in the coming months and now a further three large-scale wind farms due to start construction next year.”
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