South Africa Electricity: 140MW Wind Farm Starts Feeding Grid

African independent power producer Red Rocket has announced commercial operations of its first wind farm in South Africa, Roggeveld, now feeding much-needed electricity into the grid.

The project that is situated on the border of the Northern and Western Cape Province, South Africa, has an installed capacity of 147MW and a contracted capacity of 140MW.

The project milestone will effectively near double red Rocket’s project asset base. Its renewable energy projects in operation, under construction, or awarded preferred bidder status across the continent now total 750MW.

The Roggeveld wind farm’s shareholding is held in majority by Red Rocket and AIIM’s IDEAS Fund via a holding company (51%).

Roggeveld Wind Power was awarded preferred bidder status under Round 4 of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers’ Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).