The group’s Iberdrola Ingenieria EPC unit completed work at the 74MW Noblesfontein under a €112m turnkey contract from a consortium led by its compatriot Gestamp Wind.

Noblesfontein, in Northern Cape, uses 41 1.8MW wind turbines from Denmark's Vestas.

The 27MW Klipheuwel wind farm was built under a €40m deal with local developer Biotherm Energy and uses nine turbines from China’s Sinovel, said Iberdrola in an update on its first projects in the country.

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