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wiredInUSA - September 2015 33 ASIA / AFRICA NEWS
Siemens and Neoen Australia have signed
a contract for the Hornsdale wind farm
project in South Australia. Neoen Australia is
investing around €166 million in the project
which will make a major contribution to the
Australian Capital Territory government's
target of 90 percent renewable energy
by 2020. The project is underpinned by a
20 year contract to supply energy to the
territory at a fixed price.
After commissioning, the Hornsdale wind
power plant is expected to produce over
400GWhper year, equivalent toafifthof the
territory's annual electricity consumption.
“At the Hornsdale wind farmwe have three
factors of success combined: Neoen's
international expertise, Australia's natural
resources, and the efficiency of our cutting
edgedirectdrivetechnology.”Commented
Thomas Richterich, CEO onshore at Siemens
wind power and renewables division.
Construction will begin immediately.
Siemens will provide 32 wind turbines with
associated civil and electrical infrastructure.
Siemens will also maintain the wind farm
for Neoen on a long-term maintenance
contract signed simultaneously with the
EPC contract.
Australia’s wind power
expansion
Angola Cables, the company that will
manage the operations of the fiber
optic submarine cable between Angola
and Brazil, has acquired a plot of land in
Fortaleza to accommodate a station and
data center for the cable.
The concession contract was signed in the
presence of Aristides Safeca, the Angolan
secretary of state for telecommunications;
the ambassador of Angola in Brazil, Nelson
Cosme; and Antonio Nunes, Angola
Cables’ chairman.
Antonio Nunes explained that the
submarine communications cable will offer
a capacity of 40 terabytes per second and
data speed exchange of 63 milliseconds.
Angola Cables will manage the 6,165km
cable within the framework of the Atlantic
CableSystem,making itpossibletoconnect
Africa and South America. Connection to
North America will be possible when the
fiber optic Monet system begins operations
between Brazil and Miami.
Progress for Brazilian
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