African Clean Energy Developments (ACED) has selected Vestas with a 144 MW order for the Khangela Emoyeni wind farm, set to be located in Western Cape, South Africa.
The contract with Vestas includes the supply and installation of 32 V163-4.5 MW wind turbines and a 10-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement. Financial details were not disclosed.
Vestas, a leading wind turbine maker, said that this marks ACED’s second order for V163-4.5 MW wind turbines in 2024. In June, ACED placed an identical 144 MW order for the Umsinde Emoyeni wind farm, also in Western Cape, South Africa.
Sam Cook, ACED’s Project Manager for procurement and construction, emphasized the long-standing partnership with Vestas: “ACED and African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) have a relationship with Vestas which goes back to the beginning of the wind energy industry in South Africa, in 2011. We are very pleased to be placing yet another order with Vestas, in service of our offtaker Rio Tinto, our shareholders, and the communities around our project.”
Managing Director of Vestas in South Africa, Novani Ganess-Johnson, expressed pride in the continued collaboration with ACED: “We are proud to continue our collaboration with ACED in South Africa. We are also glad to see how the reliability and high-capacity factor of our V163-4.5 MW wind turbines provide our customers with the business case certainty they need for their projects in the country.”
The delivery of the turbines is expected in the first half of 2025, with commissioning planned for the first half of 2026.
Vestas remains a leader in the South African wind power market, boasting over 1.5 GW of capacity either installed or under construction.