WInd energy generaton to promote low-carbon growth

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Since 2002, ESKOM has built a pilot wind farm at Klipheuwel, near Cape Town. This pilot project tested the reliability of the various technologies, analyzed the environmental impacts and identified the operating constraints of wind farms in South Africa.ESKOM has learned from this pilot project and decided to deploy infrastructure on a larger scale with the implementation of a 100 MW wind farm. A site has since been selected by ESKOM, located 250 km north of Cape Town, near the town of Vredendal. Here, ESKOM intends to install a proven wind technology, with expected power production is around 280 GWh per year.With a EUR 100 million loan, AFD is partly financing the construction of this wind farm, the total cost being EUR 120 million. The wind farm project will increase the security of energy supply in the west coast of Cape Town, diversify sources of energy production and replace fossil fuel with renewable energy, thus limiting CO2 emissions. This project marks the beginning of a long-term partnership with ESKOM to support renewable energy projects (wind, solar, etc.) and energy efficiency.