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CELEBRATING A DECADE OF

WIND POWER IN SOUTH AFRICA #10yrs

Ongoing procurement of new Wind Power generation will help close the energy capacity

gap and play a key role in growing the country’s economy.

10 YEARS POWERING SA’s ECONOMY

R80.6 Billion investment into Wind Power Wind Power adds capacity to the power grid: fast,
reliable and cost effective
26 operational wind farms
Investment of an estimated R40 billion, per year,
3.6 million SA households are powered by wind for the next decade, if smooth procurement and
each year policy will deliver in line with the country’s 2019
Integrated Resource Plan
Wind power investment into communities in 10
years: R5.6 billion committed to local communities The energy transition delivers thousands of
new jobs each year
Water savings 25,2 million Kilolitres

Carbon emission off-set: 28.8 Megatons

3 366MW of wind power has been procured
through, from 36 wind projects

STIMULATING THE LOCAL VALUE CHAIN

Wind energy production is an excellent vehicle for direct infrastructure investment and a positive multiplier of
economic effects

Manufacturing facilities deliver new job creation and skills to area’s that will lose coal jobs, as decommissioning starts
to take place in these areas

Specialised components and skills development are stimulating the local economy: tower manufacturer; component
transportation; steel sector; construction industry; engineering and logistics

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