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Enel Green Power RSA¹ A company 50% controlled by Enel Green Power S.p.A. has achieved commercial operation on the 330 MW Impofu Wind Farm cluster, located in the Kouga and Nelson Mandela Bay Municipalities of the Eastern Cape province, marking a significant milestone in the delivery of large-scale renewable energy solutions to South Africa’s commercial and industrial (C&I) market.
Impofu North, whose construction commenced in 2024, was the first of the three 110 MW projects to reach commercial operation, with the two additional facilities, Impofu East and Impofu West, becoming operational in May and June respectively.
The project included the construction of a 116 km, 132kV high-voltage overhead electricity line, now the largest privately built powerline in South Africa, enabling efficient transmission of renewable energy under a “wheeling” framework agreement, which facilitates the transporting of energy from a private generator to a customer across a third-party network.
The Impofu Wind Farm cluster is underpinned by three long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Sasol South Africa and Air Liquide - South Africa. Under these agreements, each operational facility in the 330 MW cluster supplies renewable energy to Sasol’s Secunda site in the Mpumalanga province, where Air Liquide operates an oxygen production facility, the largest of its kind globally.
