Cennergi has chosen Suzlon as the supplier of wind turbines for a 138 MW wind farm currently under development in South Africa. The project, located in the Eastern Cape province, will feature 66 S97 2.1 MW units.
Category: Africa
Cennergi chooses Suzlon as wind turbines supplier for 138 MW SA project
April 13th, 2012 | Posted in WindSuzlon and CGN Wind Energy co-developing 800 MW of wind capacity
March 28th, 2012 | Posted in Wind
Suzlon and Chinese wind company CGN Wind Energy have entered into an agreement to jointly develop 800 MW of wind capacity at various locations around the world. The projects will be both domestic and foreign, including countries like Brazil, South Africa, India and China. Notably, these are all growing wind energy markets, with plenty of undeveloped wind energy potential, both onshore and offshore.
Ormat awarded project in Menengai geothermal field in Kenya
February 20th, 2012 | Posted in Geothermal
Ormat Technologies has been awarded its first well head power plant in the Menengai geothermal field in Kenya, as part of the country's tender for geothermal development concessions. The project is to be executed on a build-operates-transfer (BOT) principle. The geothermal field is located about 180 km West of the country' capital of Nairobi.
Siemens wins first wind turbine order in Africa
January 31st, 2012 | Posted in Wind
Siemens has won its first ever order for wind turbines in Africa. The company is to supply a total of 100 MW of wind capacity to Nareva Holding (44 wind turbines), which is developing the Haouma and Foum El Oued wind farms in Morocco.
Aside from the delivery and installation of the wind turbines, Siemens is also to provide service and maintenance for five years. Both projects are to enter commercial operation in mid-2013.
Petra Solar and Enviromena in partnership for solar and smart grid development in MENA
January 20th, 2012 | Posted in Solar
Petra Solar and Enviromena Power Systems have entered into a partnership to pursue solar energy and smart grid development in the Middle East and North Africa region. This partnership will draw its strength from Petra Solar's Smart Solar technology and Enviromena's renewable energy development expertise.
Gamesa in 200 MW supply deal for Egypt's wind projects
December 29th, 2011 | Posted in Wind
Gamesa has won the supply contract for a total of 200 MW of wind turbines, to be installed at wind farm projects in the Gulf of El-Zayt, on Egypt's Red Sea coast. The contract was awarded by the New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) of Egypt, after a public tender.
RSA announces preferred bidders for RE development
December 8th, 2011 | Posted in General Solar Wind
Republic of South Africa's Department of Energy has announced a list of preferred bidders for renewable energy development in this country. The list covers developers involved in wind and solar CSP and solar PV development. A total of 1.415 GW of the planned 3.725 GW of RE capacity has been allocated through this tender.
Mozambique planning major expansion of Cahora Bassa hydropower facility
November 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Hydro
Mozambique is planning to expand power generating capacity at the Cahora Bassa hydropower project, currently with 2075 MW of installed capacity, to 3220 MW of capacity. The country, as well as the whole southern African region, is facing a rising demand for electricity.
A 61 MW wind farm planned in Kenya
November 15th, 2011 | Posted in Wind
Kinangop Wind Park, a Kenyan RE company, is planning to develop 60.8 MW of wind energy capacity. The wind farm is to be built in Kinangop, for which the company will submit a request for a power generation license in early December.
Toshiba supplying geothermal power equipment for projects in Kenya
November 7th, 2011 | Posted in Geothermal
Toshiba has been awarded the contract to supply steam turbines and generators to be installed at the Olkaria I and Olkaria IV geothermal power plants in Kenya. This is the first geothermal equipment supply contract for Toshiba. A total of four steam turbine and generator sets, each with 70 MW of capacity, is to be delivered and installed at the two power plants.
