Siemens will provide its 2.3MW SWT-2.3-108 turbines to state-owned utility Eskom.

Installation is scheduled to start in the second half of this year, with operations slated to begin during the first half of 2014.

“South Africa has outstanding conditions for the utilisation of wind energy and has set up a remarkable renewable energy programme with the Independent Power Producer Procurement Program,” said Felix Ferlemann, CEO of Siemens Wind Power.

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