Renewable energy producer African Clean Energy Developments (ACED) has ordered 144 MW wind turbines from Vestas for the Khangela Emoyeni wind farm in the Western Cape.

The contract includes the supply and installation of 32 V163-4.5 MW wind turbines and a 10-year maintenance and service agreement. The turbines are expected to be delivered in the first half of 2025 and commissioning is planned for the first half of 2026.

This follows another 144 MW order by ACED in June for the Umsinde Emoyeni wind farm in the Western Cape.

“ACED and African Infrastructure Investment Managers have a relationship with Vestas, which goes back to the beginning of the wind energy industry in South Africa in 2011. We are very pleased to be placing yet another order with Vestas in service of our off-taker Rio Tinto, our shareholders and the communities around our project,” said Sam Cook, ACED’s Project Manager: Procurement and Construction.