December 03, 2008

Eskom to enters wind energy

It is reported that South African power utility Eskom has invited request for proposal applications for a commercial wind energy generation facility and associated infrastructure.

Eskom Holdings Ltd is proposing to establish the commercial wind power generation facility in the Western Cape Province of South Africa for a cluster of 100 MW wind turbines, alternatively a cluster of 200 MW wind turbines. The minimum requirement of the wind turbine must be 2 MW per unit.

Eskom engaged an expression of interest in July 2007 to pre qualify contractors. Due to scope changes it was decided to reissue a request for proposal for the national and international markets, whether or not they participated in the EoI process. The closing date for the Request for proposal is April 15th 2008

Eskom is establishing renewable forms of energy in order to diversify the energy mix that will eventually help it to meet the country’s growing electricity demand.