South Africa's Loeriesfontein and Khobab wind farms have started commercial operations in the Northern Cape province with a total capacity of 280MW.
The neighbouring wind farms, each with a capacity of 140MW, comprise a total of 122 Siemens Gamesa turbines. Together they will power around 240,000 South African homes.
The sister projects, with a combined value of around 7bn rand ($514m), are owned by a consortium led by renewables developer Lekela Power.
