The name of the turbines supplier is not made public. Probably, it will be Vestas Wind Systems, which earlier provided the engineering solutions for 35 MW Wesley-Ciskei wind farm commissioned in the already mentioned Eastern Cape province in 2021. The project will be an element of cooperation between Eskom and EDF commenced in October 2021, when the parties achieved a preliminary agreement to bring on stream 25 wind and solar power plants of total 2.58 GW capacity. This bilateral cooperation will allow South Africa to diversify its generation balance. According to Ember Research Centre, the cumulative share of coal and petroleum products in the national generation balance accounted for 88% in 2021, and the remaining 12% were contributed by the nuclear power plants (5%) and the renewable energy sources (7%).

The Republic of South Africa is a regional leader with regards to the speed of renewable energy sources (RES) development pace: the country’s share in the growth of the installed capacity of wind farms in Africa accounted for 44% during the period from 2015 to 2021 (1.9 GW out of total 4.3 GW), and in the solar panels segment this share reached 54% (4.9 GW out of total 9 GW). However, not all the households in South Africa so far have full access to the power greed: in 2020 only 84% of urban households had connectivity, and only 75% of those in rural areas, according to the World Bank. The development of the self-generated power supply partially contributes to resolving this problem: the capacity of the solar panels isolated from the national grid grew by 2 MW during 2015-2021, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).