Italy's Enel Green Power awarded Vestas an order for the 148-megawatt (MW) South African Oyster Bay project, the Danish wind company announced Thursday.
The wind project is located in Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape province and will host 41 V117-3.45 MW turbines delivered in 3.6 MW Power Optimized Mode at a 91.5-meter hub height, according to a statement from Vestas.
'The Oyster Bay project will feature VestasOnline Business SCADA solution to lower turbine downtime and optimize energy output,' the statement said, adding the project marked 'a very positive re-start' of the South African wind market.
The contract includes supply, installation and commissioning of the wind turbines, as well as a five-year Active Output Management 5000 service agreement. Turbine delivery and installation is planned for the second half of 2020.
The new order follows a 294 MW order for two other projects in South Africa, taking Vestas' total announced order intake from the latest auction to 441 MW.
Enel Green Power, the renewables arms of the Enel Group, and Vestas have previously teamed up at the Eastern Cape of South Africa for the 88 MW Nojoli Wind Farm, which is the Enel Group's first wind farm to start production in South Africa. It was connected to the grid in October 2016.
By Hale Turkes
Anadolu Agency
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