Molefe says 100 MW Eskom wind farm now fully operational

Electricity utility Eskom announced on Monday that its 100 MW Sere wind farm, near Vredendal in the Western Cape, had entered full commercial operations at the end of March, with all 46 wind turbines having been erected and the construction of the Skaapvlei substation and a 44-km 132 kV distribution line completed. Acting CEO Brian Molefe, who was seconded to the embattled State-owned company from Transnet on April 17, described Sere as the group’s first large-scale renewable energy project. He ...