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The Impofu Wind Farms generate approximately 1 260 GWh per year, equivalent to the annual consumption needs of around 384 000 South African households, while avoiding the emission of over 1.1-million tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year.
- Developed in Partnership with Enel Green Power
- Kouga Municipality of Eastern Cape province in South Africa
- 330 MW (3 x 110 MW wind farms)
- Operations commenced – Impofu North and East in May, Impofu West in June 2026
- Owned by Enel Green Power
- Private PPA: Sasol/Air Liquide (based in Secunda)
Turbine details:
57 turbines
@ 5.9 MW each
120m hub height,
concrete towers81.5m
blade length
At financial close in 2024, this was the largest private renewable energy plant selling power to the private sector in South Africa.
Development has taken over a decade.
Red Cap Energy signed up 87 separate parcels of land for this powerline.
By comparison, the number of landowners involved in negotiations for land leases on which to build the wind farm itself is 12.
This project resulted in the longest privately permitted power line to be developed
to date for any Renewable Energy project in SA with 116km of power line developed to connect the Impofu Projects to the grid. This has historically been left to Eskom to do.