| Gouda Wind Farm | |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Location | Gouda, Drakenstein Local Municipality, Western Cape |
| Coordinates | 33°18′S 19°02′E / 33.300°S 19.033°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | September 2015[1] |
| Owner(s) | Aveng and Acciona Energia |
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| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 46 turbines[1] |
| Nameplate capacity | 138 MW |
Gouda Wind Farm is a wind farm just outside the town of Gouda in the Western Cape province of South Africa that at 138MW is one of the largest wind-farms in Southern Africa. The project cost R2.7 billion (US$199 million)[2] and was brought online in early September 2015. At the time of its completion it was the largest wind-farm in the Western Cape. It is capable of powering 200 000 households per year or 400 gigawatt hours of electricity.[1] It is estimated that power generated from Gouda Wind Farm will avoid the emission of 406 million metric tons of CO2 per year of equivalent power produced from a coal fired power plant.[3] It is owned in partnership between the South African renewable energy and engineering firm Aveng and Spanish renewable energy company Acciona Energia.[1]
It is located along the R44 34 km from the town of Porterville or 115 km north east of Cape Town, just outside of Gouda.
- ^ a b c d Gosling, Melanie (9 September 2015). "Another wind farm joins the grid". Cape Times. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "South African Rand vs US$ exchange rate - September 2015". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Acciona leads commercial operation of Gouda wind farm". Cape Business News. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.