Vestas leads South Africa renewables charge


New players continue to flood into South Africa, but the dominance of established giants was demonstrated again when Denmark’s Vestas announced its largest order in the country on 1 August. The company will supply, install and commission 105MW of turbines for three second round renewable energy independent power producer procurement (REIPPP) programme projects for Innowind, a company 80% owned by EDF Energies Nouvelles. Vestas will supply seven 3MW V112 turbines to the Chaba wind farm, eight 3MW V112s to Waainek and 20 3MW V112s to Grassridge, all located in the Eastern Cape.