Located in a remote part of the Karoo Hoogland local municipality in the Northern Cape, the construction of the facility, its seventh in the country, involved a 200-million-euro investment, having commenced in September 2019, meaning it faced obstacles to overcome the Covid pandemic.
EGP country manager Manuele Battisti, said: “The construction process was hampered at times by stop/start delays in response to COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions. The hard lockdown in 2020 – in particular – resulted in difficulties relating to the transportation of people between provinces, as well as the transportation of experts and commissioning teams from other parts of the world.
Nxuba wind farm is located near Bedford in the Eastern Cape. The plant’s average annual electricity production meets the needs of approximately 44,300 households.located near the remote Northern Cape town of Copperton in the Siyathemba Local Municipality, and generates 573 GWh every year. “Now that all projects are either complete or under construction, we are focusing on the effective production of electricity from existing power plants and pursuing new business opportunities,” he said in an“We are currently preparing for round six of the REIPPP for IPPs. At the same time, we are diversifying our client base following the introduction of new regulations, which allow IPPs to provide electricity to private customers.