The project was awarded under the South African Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Programme (REIPPPP) bid window 4 in 2015 and reached financial close in 2018.[1]
The project comprises 13 Gold Wind 2.5MW permanent magnetic direct drive turbines. The project covers an area of 2,300ha.[2] Excelsior reached commercial operation in December 2020. It can generate 132GWh annually.[3]
excelsior, wind, farm, excelsior, wind, energy, facility, wind, farm, swellendam, local, municipality, built, 30km, southwest, town, swellendam, western, cape, province, south, africa, excelsior, wind, energy, facilitycountrysouth, africalocationswellendam, lo. The Excelsior Wind Energy Facility is a wind farm in the Swellendam Local Municipality built 30km southwest of the town of Swellendam in the Western Cape province of South Africa Excelsior Wind Energy FacilityCountrySouth AfricaLocationSwellendam Local MunicipalityCoordinates34 14 31 S 20 13 52 E 34 242 S 20 231 E 34 242 20 231StatusCommissionedConstruction began2018Commission date2020Owner s BioTherm EnergyOperator s GoldwindWind farmTypeOnshorePower generationUnits operational13Make and modelGoldwind Goldwind Permanent Magnet Generator with Gearless Direct Drive Rotor 2 5 MWNameplate capacity32 5MW edit on Wikidata Main Sub Contractors Concor Construction Planning and approval editThe project was awarded under the South African Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Programme REIPPPP bid window 4 in 2015 and reached financial close in 2018 1 The project comprises 13 Gold Wind 2 5MW permanent magnetic direct drive turbines The project covers an area of 2 300ha 2 Excelsior reached commercial operation in December 2020 It can generate 132GWh annually 3 References edit Excelsior wind energy facility 11 March 2021 Excelsior wind farm connects to South Africa s power grid 17 September 2020 BioTherm s Excelsior Wind Energy Facility has started commercial operations nbsp South Africa portal nbsp Weather portal nbsp Renewable energy portal nbsp This article about a wind farm is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Excelsior Wind Farm amp oldid 1179504837, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
