Deal #10542

South Africa
Created at
2024-08-21
Last update
2024-08-26

Detailed electricity generation information

Electricity generation
  • [2022, current] On-shore wind turbines
    Number of turbines: 20 Currently installed capacity: 50 MW Intended capacity: 140 MW
Comment on electricity generation
Copperton Wind Farm is a renewable energy project with 34 turbines, each with a capacity of 3.15 MW, generating a total of 102 MW. It is expected to produce 375 GWh of energy annually, powering around 100,000 homes.The Copperton Wind Farm (CPA), consists of 20 wind turbine generators (WTGs) of 2.5 MW rated capacity each, totalling to 50 MW of installed capacity. the final capacity of the proposed CPA can vary from a minimum of 30 MW up to a maximum of 140 MW. The following table provides a description of the potential scenarios:

Detailed carbon sequestration/offsetting information

Carbon sequestration/offsetting
  • [2016-01-01–2022, current] Wind farm ( 3 000 ha)
    Estimated emission reduction/removal during project lifetime: 655 529 tCO2e
    Estimated annual emission reduction/removal: 93 647 tCO2e
    Project proponents: VELD Renewables
    Certification standard: Yes
    Name of certification standard/mechanism: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Comment on carbon sequestration/offsetting
The start date of the accreditation for the Copperton Wind Farm project under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is January 1, 2016, with an initial accreditation period of 7 years, which can be renewed for up to a maximum of 21 years.