As per the agreed terms, the company will supply 35 units of V112-3.0 MW turbines, which will be installed at Chaba, Waainek and Grassridge wind power projects in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
The delivery of the turbines is expected to begin in mid-2014 and the commissioning is slated for the third quarter of 2014.
Scope of the contract includes supply, installation and the commissioning of wind turbines, along with a VestasOnline Business SCADA solution, full scope civil and electrical works as well as a 10-year full-scope service agreement.
Commenting on the deal, Vestas Southern Africa Country manager/ Sales VP Phylip Leferink said Innowind is one of the key players in South Africa’s wind energy sector.
EDF EN Industry vice president Jean-Philippe Salomé said, "We are pleased to continue our more than ten years of collaboration with Vestas in a new country. We have a very strong and long-term commitment to South Africa which has a great potential and framework for wind power development.
"Based on our long-standing relationship with Vestas we are extremely confident that the projects will be successfully commissioned."
These wind projects, with a cumulative installed capacity of around 105MW, will contribute to South Africa’s goal of having 1,800MW of wind energy capacity by 2015.
