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Group recognised for contribution to wind-sector localisation

8th November 2013

  

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Engineering company DCD Group has been recognised for its contribution towards promoting localisation in the wind-energy sector by the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA), which recently presented it with its Distinguished Contribution to the Advancement of Local Content in Wind Energy Award.

The SAWEA is a nonprofit organisation representing the local wind industry. Its members – local and international entities active in the wind energy supply chain – promote the sustainable use of commercial wind energy in South Africa. SAWEA presented the award to DCD Group at the Windaba gala dinner, hosted in Cape Town, in recognition of the company’s new Wind Towers subsidiary.

The R300-million, 23 000 m2 wind tower manufacturing facility is a joint initiative between DCD Group, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Coega Development Corporation, which manages the Coega Industrial Develop-ment Zone (IDZ). The manu- facturing facility was established specifically in the Coega IDZ to support the localisation of wind tower manufacturing in South Africa.

“We are immensely proud to receive this award in recognition of the fact that we have contri- buted towards localisation through the establishment of the Wind Towers division and through our continued commitment to creating an official local- content threshold, which is exceptionally important to the industry,” DCD Group MD Rob King says.

He adds that the partnership between DCD Group, the IDC and the Coega Development Corporation is evidence of a combined effort to provide sustainability and growth in the local renewable-energy sector. When completed, the facility is expected to create about 200 jobs and produce 120 to 150 wind towers a year.

SAWEA board member Dipolelo Elford praised DCD Group for its continued efforts towards creating sustainable local content thresholds in the wind-energy sector and for taking the bold step of establishing a wind tower manufacturing plant in South Africa.

In addition to stimulating the local economy, King highlights that localisation in the wind- energy sector also creates new skills and sustainable employ-ment. Localisation also creates jobs in secondary industries, thereby contributing to measur- able socioeconomic develop ment.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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