Name of the Project
Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) – third window.

Location
South Africa.

Project Owner/s
Seventeen renewable-energy developers were appointed as preferred bidders, following the conclusion of bid submissions for the third round of the Department of Energy’s (DoE’s) REIPPPP.

Project Description
Seventeen renewable-energy developers have been appointed as preferred bidders.

The wind projects listed include:
• Gibson Bay Wind Farm (111 MW)
• Longyuan Mulilo De Aar wind energy facility (100.5 MW)
• Longyuan Mulilo De Aar 2 North wind energy facility (144 MW)
• Nojoli Wind Farm (88 MW)
• Khobab Wind Farm (138 MW)
• Noupoort Mainstream Wind Farm (79 MW)
• Loeriesfontein 2 Wind Farm (140 MW).

The solar photovoltaic (PV) projects named are:
• Tom Burke solar park (66 MW)
• Pulida solar park (82.5 MW)
• Mulilo Sonnedix Prieska solar park (75 MW)
• Mulilo Prieska solar park (75 MW)
• Adams (82.5 MW)
• Paleisheuwel (82.5 MW).

The preferred concentrated solar power bidders include Abengoa, with its Xina Solar One project (100 MW), and Karoshoek Solar One Project Company, with its Ilanga (Karoshoek Solar One) project (100 MW).

One landfill gas bidder, the Johannesburg landfill gas-to-electricity project, with a capacity of 18 MW, and one biomass bidder, the Mkuze biomass project, with a capacity of 16 MW, were also named.

Capital Expenditure
Not stated.

Planned Start /End Date
All projects have been completed.

Latest Developments
All projects have reached their commercial operation dates.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Futuregrowth, Enel, EGP, Abengoa, Cobra Energia, Guodian United Power, Aurora Power Solutions, juwi Renewable Energies, Mulilo Renewable Energy, Ener-G, Red Cap, Mainstream Renewable Power, African Clean Energy Developments, FG Emvelo and Navosync.

On Budget and on Time?
Too early to state.

Contact Details for Project Information
DoE departmental spokesperson Thandiwe Maimane, tel +27 12 444 4256, cell +27 82 450 8591, fax +27 86 581 8505 or email MediaDesk@energy.gov.za.

Companies Involved in the REIPPPP third window include:
Mainstream Renewable Power, Emmet Curley, tel +353 1 290 2027 or email emmet.curley@mainstreamrp.com.
Futuregrowth, tel +27 21 659 5300, fax +27 21 659 5333 or email info@futuregrowth.co.za.
Enel Green Power international press officer Roberta Vivenzio, tel +39 06 8305 1, fax +39 06 8305 3771 or email roberta.vivenzio@enel.com.
Abengoa communications department Patricia Malo de Molina Meléndez, tel +34 954 93 71 11 or email communication@abengoa.com.
Cobra Energia, tel +91 456 95 00, fax +91 456 94 50 or email central@grupocobra.com.
Mulilo Renewable Energy, tel +27 21 934 5268, fax +27 21 935 0505 or email info@mulilo.com.
Ener-G, tel +44 (0) 161 745 7450 or email info@energ.co.uk.
Aurora Power Solutions, tel +27 21 421 9764, fax +27 865 138 648 or email info@apsolutions.co.za.
FG.de, tel +49 941 200009-0, fax +49 941 200009 99 or email info@fg.de.
Emvelo, tel +27 11 523 6299, fax +27 11 784 0285 or email admin@emvelo.co.za.