EDF commissions South Africa’s first IPP-developed main transmission substation
EDF Renewables, a subsidiary of the French Électricité de France (EDF) Group, has commissioned the 400/132 kV Koruson main transmission substation (MTS) near Noupoort in South Africa’s Northern Cape. This is the first major transmission substation in the country to be developed entirely by an independent power producer (IPP). The MTS connects 1.5 GW of renewable energy to the national grid and forms part of the Koruson 1 cluster, developed in partnership with H1 Holdings,…