Sumitomo Seeks to Build 600-MW Wind Power Plant in South Africa
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Sumitomo Corp., Japan’s third-largest trading house, said it’s seeking to build a wind power project in South Africa with capacity of as much as 600 megawatts as the nation looks to utilize more of its renewable energy potential.
The Japanese trader has been selected by the South African government as the “preferred bidder” for a project to set up and operate 40 turbines with capacity of 2.5 megawatts each, Keiichi Mihara, Sumitomo’s head of wind power, told reporters in Tokyo today. The project can be later expanded by as much as 500 megawatts, he said.