In October 2020, Perdekraal East became the first wind farm from the REIPPPP Bid Window 4 to reach commercial operation. The 100MW wind farm is near Ceres in the Western Cape. The 140MW Kangnas Wind project reached COD in November 2020, the first wind farm in the Northern Cape to come online under Bid Window 4. Kangnas is near Springbok in the Northern Cape and was built by an 87% South African workforce.
More than 48% of both wind farm’s content was manufactured in South Africa, including the turbine towers and the 500MVA mega transformers. H1 Holdings has 11% shareholding in the two successful wind projects.
Watch the last lift of Kangnas here: 81 turbines in 8 months