EDF Commissions Wind Farm in South Africa

French utility EDF commissionned a 61.5 megawatt (MW) wind farm near Port Elizabeth in South Africa, its EDF Energies Nouvelles division said in a statement on Thursday.

 

The Grassridge wind farm is the first of three projects awarded to EDF Energies Nouvelles in 2012 under the competitive tender for renewable energies projects held by the South African government.

 

The wind park is 40 percent owned by local partners while InnoWind, an EDF subsidiary, has a 60 percent stake.