Here is how South Africa’s biggest wind farms stack up against the world’s largest facility.
South Africa’s biggest wind power plant comprises two sister facilities in the Northern Cape — Khobab and Loeriesfontein 2 — with a maximum generating capacity of just over 283MW.
Both wind farms can generate around 563,500MWh of electricity every year, enough to support the energy needs of roughly 340,000 average South African households.These stand 152 metres tall when measured from the ground to the tip of their blades at the highest point during a rotation.When measuring their outputs individually — at 143.1MW for Khobab and 140MW for Loeriesfontein 2 — their capacity is on par with numerous other wind farms in South Africa.
The world’s biggest wind farm has about 28 times the maximum generating capacity of the combined Khobab and Loeriesfontein 2 outputs. By 2010, 5,160MW of capacity had already been installed, comprised of over 3,500 wind turbines. That increased to 6,000MW by 2012 and 7,965MW by 2015.Wind power is considered a key contributor to South Africa’s future energy mix, according to the energy department’sThis document envisioned that 17,742MW of wind power capacity would be installed by 2030, accounting for 22.53% of the energy mix.
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