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Hartebeesthoek Wind Energy Facility
- Hartebeesthoek is a 140 MW wind farm.
- Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa.
- The Hartebeesthoek Wind Power Facility has an additional Wind Turbine Generator installed to maximise production while still adhering to the Maximum Export Capacity of 140 MW under the Connection Use of System Agreement with Eskom Distribution.
- The Nordex N163/5.X (5.9MW) turbine platform installed on site, is one of the largest onshore rotor platforms installed in Africa, with 81.5 metre-long blades and a rotor diameter of 163 metres.
- Major offtakers: Valterra Platinum, Kumba Iron Ore and De Beers.
- Equity Partners: Anglo American, EDF Power Solutions, and Pele Green Energy.
- Lenders: Nedbank, ABSA, and RMB.
Hartebeesthoek is part of the K2 cluster, designed to integrate up to 1.5 GW of renewable power. K2 is the first wave of utility-scale renewable energy projects developed by Envusa Energy and the largest trader-aggregator deal to reach commercial operations in the South African renewable energy market.
140 MW
Generation capacity
c.515,000 MWh
Annual generation
Project timeline
Financial close:
29 February 2024
Commercial operation:
July 2026
Operations phase:
July 2026 onwards
Mooi Plaats Solar PV
240 MW
Umsobomvu Wind Farm
140 MW
Hartebeesthoek Wind Farm
140 MW
Combined capacity: 520 MW
A total of 520 MW across the three projects.
Grid connection: Koruson 400 kV Main Transmission Substation
This substation, at the time, was the largest privately constructed transmission facility in South Africa.
Highlights
140 MW
of clean wind energy capacity.
The renewable electricity supplied will displace coal-fired grid power across the operations of Valterra Platinum, Kumba Iron Ore, and De Beers.
c.515,000 MWh
of renewable electricity per year, cutting customers' CO₂ footprint by c.640,000 tonnes annually.
200+
Project-related jobs created.
~R20M
invested in socio-economic development across the K2 cluster during construction.
Engineering
The Nordex N163/5.X platform features an 81.5-metre blade length and a rotor diameter of 163 metres, one of the largest onshore rotor platforms installed anywhere on the African continent.
Community Empowerment
The Winds of Change Community Trust has been established, ensuring that local communities participate directly in the financial benefits generated over the next 20 years.