Nordex secured an agreement to supply French developer EDF Renewables with turbines for a 295MW wind cluster in South Africa at the end of March.
It is due to supply 50 of its N163/5.X turbines for EDF Renewables’ Korosun 2 cluster, which consists of the 147.5MW Umsobomvu and 147.5MW Hartebeesthoek wind farms.
Nordex will also service the wind farms for 20 years.
Construction has already started on the border of the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provinces and the wind farms are expected to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2026.
The German manufacturer’s chief sales officer, Patxi Landa, said the wind farms would “contribute to reducing the country’s dependence on coal”.
Coal accounted for 70% of South Africa’s energy supply, 85.7% of its electricity generation and 23.7% of its final energy consumption in 2021, according to the International Energy Agency.
The EDF Renewables deal is Nordex’s second large-scale turbine order for South Africa in recent weeks, with the German company also announcing a deal to supply a 336MW cluster in Africa’s biggest wind market in late March.
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