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Three new wind farms blow Western Cape up independent power ranks

26th September 2025

     

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The Western Cape has climbed to second place for megawatts registered by private companies, according to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) up to mid-September 2025. In just two months, three big wind farms in Beaufort West and Laingsburg added 600 MW, bringing the province’s total to 2.7 GW.

It is part of a bigger trend. South Africa’s largest planned wind farm, the 380 MW Fe Overberg near Swellendam, was registered in the Western Cape in August 2024. Three 240 MW Red Cap Nuweveld projects in the Upper Karoo, Western Cape, were registered in April and May 2025.

Limpopo remains in first place with 2.73 GW, thanks to several large solar projects registered earlier this year. The Northern Cape, once the leader, has slipped to third (2.63 GW), hampered by grid constraints that are discouraging new large-scale projects.

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