First Sere turbines synchronised to grid, Eskom reports
Electricity utility Eskom reports that the first seven wind generators at its R2.5-billion Sere wind farm project, in the Western Cape, have been synchronised to the grid and that the project is on track for full commercial operations by end March 2015.
Renewables GM Ayanda Nakedi says the synchronisation milestone, which took place on October 10, is in line with its target date of December 2014 for the completion of construction.
The 100 MW project will incorporate 46 Siemens wind turbines and is being being developed on a 3 700 ha site in Skaapvlei near the town of Koekenaap, which is 350 km north of Cape Town.
Each Siemens 2.3-108 turbine has a height of 115 m, a rotor diameter of 108 m and a power output of 2.3 MW. But the project also includes construction of a new substation and 44 km of 132 kV distribution line linking the new Skaapvlei substation to the existing Juno substation.
Eskom is forecasting average yearly energy production of about 298 000 MWh, which it claims to be enough electricity to supply about 124 000 “standard homes”.
Sere is receiving some of its funding from the World Bank’s $3.75-billion Eskom Investment Support Project, approved in 2010 primarily to support the Medupi coal-fired power station. Additional funding has been secured from the African Development Bank, French development agency Agence Française de Développement, and the Clean Technology Fund.
Newly appointed Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona says the milestone has been achieved through close coordination between various departments in Eskom and it contractors. “This is evidence of what we can achieve as an organisation when we work together.”
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