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English Waainek Wind Farm is a 23 MW wind power plant located in South Africa. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
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Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Wind
- Capacity
- 23 MW
- Commissioned
- 2016
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- InnoWind (Pty) Ltd Subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) Group
- Country
- South Africa
- Coordinates
- -33.324, 26.464
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About this plant
Waainek Wind Farm is a 23 MW wind power plant in South Africa, operated by InnoWind (Pty) Ltd since 2016.
Ranked #41 of 50 wind plants in South Africa, it represents 0.57% of the country’s total wind capacity of 4,002 MW. The largest wind plant in South Africa is Longyuan Mulilo Green Energy De Aar 2 North at 144 MW, making Waainek Wind Farm 6.3 times smaller.
The nearest plant within 50 km is Grahamstown (3.5 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in the Eastern Cape province, approximately 130 km from Port Elizabeth.
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