Energy company Enel’s renewables subsidiary Enel Green Power (EGP) South Africa has
started construction on its
140 MW Oyster Bay Wind Farm, in the Kouga municipality, in
the Eastern Cape.
The €180-million wind project comprises
41 turbines and will
generate around 568 GWh/y, which effectively avoids 590 000 t/y of carbon
dioxide emissions.
It will be Enel’s fourth wind energy project in the
country.
Enel anticipates completion
of the project during
the second quarter of 2021.
The wind farm will be supported by a 20-year power supply
agreement with State-owned power utility Eskom, as part of
the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer
Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).
EGP was awarded five wind projects in April
2015, totalling 700 MW, in the fourth round of the REIPPPP.
EPG said it would use innovative tools and methods
to build the Oyster Bay Wind Farm, including advanced digital platforms
and software solutions to
monitor and remotely support site activities and plant commissioning, digital
tools to perform quality controls on site and smart tracking of wind
turbine components, as well as an
active safety system.
“These processes and tools will enable swifter, more accurate and reliable data collection, improving the quality of construction and facilitating communication between on-site and off-site teams,” the company stated. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/enels-fourth-south-african-wind-farm-to-start-operating-in-2021-2019-05-27
