Johannesburg - Siemens will supply turbines for a R9bn project to build three wind farms in South Africa with a combined capacity to generate 360MW of power, it said on Wednesday.
The German industrial group signed a contract with Mainstream Renewable Power, a Dublin-based clean-energy developer that is planning to build a R22.23bn solar and wind electricity project in Africa.
Mainstream said construction will begin on the three wind farms this month.
In a recent report the Global Wind Energy Council stated that South Africa has grown its wind energy generating capacity by 560MW for 2014.