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Company adds 800 MW of RE to SA grid during 2021

DF Renewables (South Africa), subsidiary Earlier this year, EDF Renewables (South Africa) won two other projects:
of international company EDF Renewables • In September 2021, the subsidiary and its partner Pele Green Energy were selected
Ewhich has a gross installed capacity of 13,8 for a first of its kind large corporate solar photovoltaics project, in a tender from
GW worldwide, is increasing its footprint in the mining company Anglo-American Platinum. Through this corporate purchase power
country after being awarded three wind energy agreement, the consortium plans to build and operate a 100 MW power plant at the
projects in the Bid Window 5 of the South African Mogalakwena platinum mine, in the Limpopo province. The low-carbon electricity
Renewable Independent Power Producers produced each year to power the mine will replace the high-carbon grid electricity
Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). currently used.
To date this year, EDF Renewables has won • In March 2021, the consortium with its partner Perpetua Holding, won the Umoyilanga
almost 800 MW of projects in South Africa. This project in the Risk Mitigation IPP Procurement Programme (RMI4P), developed by the
is in line with the EDF Group’s CAP 2030 strategy, Government. This innovative project will work as a virtual power plant, combining solar,
which aims to double its net renewable energy wind and battery storage technologies to offer 75 MW of dispatchable power to the
generation capacity from 28 to 60 GW between National Grid. It comprises a 77 MW wind farm on the coast in the south of the country
2015 and 2030. and a 138 MW solar power plant in the Northern Cape region, which benefits from
In October 2021, the consortium consisting the country’s best solar irradiation. Both power plants will be equipped with a battery
of EDF Renewables in South Africa and its storage system totaling 75 MW of power. The low-carbon electricity produced each
local partners, H1 holdings and Gibb-Crede, year will help meet the electricity needs of 124 000 local people.
was awarded Preferred Bidder for three wind
energy facilities projects in the Bid Window 5 The company currently operates four wind farms across the country (144 MW installed
of the REIPPPP. The Coleskop, San Kraal and capacity). It includes the Wesley wind farm (33 MW) in the former Ciskei area of the
Phezukomoya projects, with installed capacities Eastern Cape, commissioned in August 2021.
of 140 MW each, are located in the Umsobomvu Tristan de Drouas, Director of EDF Renewables in South Africa, said: “We are pleased
Local Municipality, on the boundaries of the to have very significantly expanded our project portfolio in the last 12 months. This
Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provinces. For success is the result of the intense efforts of the local EDF Renewables team, which has
these three wind farms, the low-carbon electricity been operating in the country for 13 years. These projects demonstrate our ability to
produced each year will help to meet the create innovative solutions adapted to specific local expectations of both government
electricity needs of 420 000 local people. and industrial player. They can be launched within a short timeframe and meet South
As per the Programme requirements, Africa’s objectives of developing low-carbon energy. They will also contribute to
financial close of these three wind projects strengthening the reliability of the electricity grid.”
is scheduled for spring 2022, with the
commissioning being planned for two years Contact Susan Parker-Smith, EDF South Africa, Phone 082 551-1101,
thereafter. communications@edf-re.co.za, http://www.edf-renewables.com

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