Khobab Wind Farm
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| Khobab Wind Farm | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Location | Hantam Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality |
| Coordinates | 30°26′13″S 19°31′52″E / 30.437°S 19.531°E |
| Status | Commissioned |
| Construction began | November 2018 |
| Commission date | 2017 |
| Owner | Infinity Power[1] |
| Operator | Mainstream |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Onshore |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 61 |
| Make and model | Siemens: Permanent Magnet Generator with Gearless Direct Drive Rotor 2.5 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 140MW |
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Main Sub-Contractors: Siemens Gamesa (Turbines), Concor & Conco (Construction) | |
The Khobab Wind Farm is a wind farm in the Hantam Municipality, built in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
The Khobab Wind Farm was contracted under the South African Government’s Round 3 Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme. Situated in the Hantam Municipal Area, 60km north of Loeriesfontein in the Northern Cape, Khobab Wind Farm spans 3,453 hectares of agricultural land and comprises sixty-one 99m-high wind turbines. The site was chosen because of its excellent wind resource, its proximity to national roads for wind turbine transportation, the favourable construction conditions, municipality and local stakeholder support, the straightforward electrical connection into the Eskom grid, and studies showed that there would be little environmental impact.[2]
