The
Cookhouse
project
in
Eastern
Cape
Province
was
the
largest
awarded
under
South
Africa’s
first
round
of
renewable
energy
tenders.
Suzlon
signed
a
framework
agreement
with
the
developer,
African
Clean
Energy
Developments
(ACED),
in
May
2011
to
supply
66
of
its
2.1MW
turbines
to
the
wind
farm.
It
says
today
that
financing
closed
in
late
December
and
it
began
construction
last
month.
"The
financial
closure
of
the
Cookhouse
project
marks
the
commencement
of
our
aspirations
for
South
Africa,”
says
Tulsi
Tanti,
Suzlon
founder
and
chairman.
Suzlon
has
an
option
to
supply
124
more
turbines
to…
