Siemens secured an order to supply 138-MW of equipment to Jeffrey’s Bay wind power plant in South Africa, making the company’s market entry into the country’s wind sector.
The South African government plans on the construction of additional projects for a total capacity of 20 GW of power generation from renewable energy sources by 2030, Siemens has now won the order for Jeffrey’s Bay for delivery of 60 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 2.3 MW and a rotor diameter of 101 meters. Siemens will also service the wind turbines over an initial period of ten years. Purchaser is a consortium consisting of Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd., its investment partner Globeleq, Thebe Investment Corporation and the local engineering firms Enzani Technologies and Usizo Engineering.
”Electricity produced from wind power will make a significant contribution worldwide to eco-friendly power supply in the future,” states Felix Ferlemann, CEO of the Wind Power Division of Siemens Energy. “The orders from Europe and our market entry in South Africa clearly demonstrate that we are continuing along the right path, also with our onshore business.” Siemens will supply and install wind turbines and provide service and maintenance for three wind farms each in UK, Denmark and Sweden; for two projects each in Turkey and Croatia; and for one project each in Macedonia, Poland, and South Africa.
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