- IPP, Red Rocket, has completed the main turbine build installations at Brandvalley Wind Farm in South Africa.
- This milestone establishes Brandvalley as the first Bid Window 5 project in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) to achieve this feat since construction began in 2023.
The project, with a nameplate capacity of 144MV and located between Matjiesfontein and Sutherland, has drawn significant attention alongside its sibling project, Rietkloof Wind Farm (also with a nameplate capacity of 144MW) and Wolf Wind Farm in the Eastern Cape (85MW). The projects all reached financial close in February 2023 as part of a groundbreaking Round 5 of the REIPPPP for Red Rocket. Notably, the turbine installations were completed just 17 months after construction commenced.
Installing all 32 Vestas V150-4.5MW wind turbines represents a major step towards reaching the Commercial Operations Date (COD), expected to be quarter four, 2024.
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
