The consortium was selected as preferred bidder for this project in May 2012 and signed a 20 year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Eskom Holdings, South Africa’s state-owned utility, in May 2013.
GDF Suez chairman and chief executive Gérard Mestrallet says, "West Coast One demonstrates our growth ambitions in fast growing markets, and supports South Africa’s objective of increasing the contribution from renewable power in its generation mix. Together with Tarfaya, this project confirms GDF Suez as an important developer of wind projects in Africa."
Vestas is the OEM supplier of turbines to the project and will be supplying 47 V90 2-megawatt turbines, these to be delivered in the third quarter of 2014. The wind farm is due to start production of power by May 2015.