A delegation from the Eastern Cape Provincial Government, recently visited a wind turbine manufacturing facility in Germany to explore potential investment, especially focused on component manufacturing and assembling within this area of the country. The province is expected to house thousands of megawatts of renewable energy projects in the foreseeable future, which will attract sizable […]
South Africa’s accelerated energy transition and its push for sector industrialisation, will be led by increased local manufacturing, with a projected target of well over 55% for government procurement by the end of this decade. To achieve this, government’s support through policy, smooth procurement and investment will be the key enabler. Noting this, the Industrial […]
Cape Town, South Africa. An optimistic wind power procurement environment that is underpinned by three government bid windows for renewable energy in close succession, as well as the imminent release of the 513MW energy storage Request for Proposals (RFP’s) will require Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s) to prepare to meet burgeoning market needs. Added to this […]
Cape Town, South Africa. Nordex Energy South Africa’s (NESA) core local construction operations team headed to Spain last week, to commence training at Nordex’s Tajonar and Barasoain facilities close to Pamplona. Comprising site managers, specialist technicians and other key skills, the cohort of ten is being trained on Nordex’s updated wind turbine technology, in preparation […]
We are so proud to have been able to join the launch celebrations at the 147MW Roggeveld Wind Farm in the Western Cape along with government dignitaries and the wind farm team. Comprising 47 Nordex WTGs, the wind farm created 858 jobs during construction, with 379 jobs being taken up by young people. For the […]
Cape Town, South Africa, February 2022. Much of the anticipated R40bn of investment each year, that is expected to flow in from the wind power industry for the next 10 years, will come from the economic benefits of stimulating the local value chain. Supporting this, for the first time, the latest Renewable Energy Independent Power […]
Cape Town, South Africa, December 2021. Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), such as Nordex Energy South Africa (NESA), will play a key role in stimulating local jobs and skills. The company sees the latest Bid Window (BW5), as an important link in driving the local value chain, which will directly stimulate the domestic job market. “The […]