The company, which is majority-owned by UK investment company Actis, developed the project in partnership with Thebe Investment Corporation (TIC), which owns 37.5% of the Golden Valley wind farm. The South African state-owned utility has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the project developer, independent power producer (IPP) BioTherm Energy. The wind farm has a capacity of 123 MW and the electricity is evacuated via an on-site substation and a dedicated 132 kV power line connected to Eskom’s Kopleegte substation. Golden Valley consists of 48 turbines supplied by the Chinese company Goldwind. The wind farm is built on 9 000 hectares of agricultural land, about 5 km from Cookhouse, in the local municipality of Blue Crane Route, Sarah Baartman District, Eastern Cape Province. After two years of work involving the efforts of 500 people, the facility went into commercial operation on May 1 st, 2021. That’s it! The Golden Valley Wind Farm is now operational.
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