Mainstream Renewable Power, an Irish wind and solar company has been awarded a tender to install 250MW of wind capacity farms by the South African Government in the country. The award was given to the firm after the fourth round of the Renewable Energy Procurement Programme by the Government of South Africa.
South Africa has commited to introducing green energy in its power mix which currently stands at 95 percent use of coal for power, in order to address the bad electricity shortages that the country is facing at the moment.
The Irish company will construct two wind farms which will be worth US $0.47bn in investment.
The projects under this round of REPP are the 140mw Kangnas wind farm which is located in Nama Khoi municipality in Northern Cape and the 110MW Perdekraal East wind farm situated in both the Cape Winelands and Witzenberg in the Western Cape.
Mainstream Renewable Power has had global renewable energy projects around the globe with a current output of 17 000MW from wind and solar farms. This is across Ireland, Chile, Canada and South Africa.
According to the Managing Director for Onshore procurement, construction and operations for the company, Barry Lynch, renewable energy was important for South Africa’s energy needs.
