Member’s News

SUSTAINABLE FARMING FOR LOCAL CO-OP

October 2020

An emerging cattle farmers’ co-op, in the Theewaterskloof Municipality, is receiving funding and business support from Klipheuwel Wind Farm to help the group improve the standard of the herd, which will drive income for the co-op to become more sustainable and thereby stimulate local job creation.READ MORE

SPRINGBOK WIND FARM SUPPORTS COMMUNITY HEALTH SECTOR

October 2020

Kangnas Wind Farm is supporting the Dr Van Niekerk Hospital, in Springbok, through the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) and two High Flow Oxygen machines, to assist with COVID- 19 relief as well as after the pandemic.READ MORE

VEG IN A BOX COMMUNITY TRAINING

October 2020

Thandi Radebe from the Pellsrus community, is one of the local community members in the Jeffreys Bay area to have received a vegetable planter box, together with spinach seedlings, compost and training to become proficient in natural sustainable vegetable farming.READ MORE

YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB LAUNCHES SOUP KITCHEN AND INITIATES COVID FEEDING PROJECT

October 2020

Thanks to the youth Olympiakos Football Club in Noupoort, who started a community soup kitchen during the COVID-19 pandemic, 140 vulnerable community members, including 72 children, are receiving daily cooked meals, in an effort to support those most impacted by the pandemic. The project is being funded by Noupoort Wind Farm’s socio economic development programme and is being implemented in collaboration with the two local clinics in the area.READ MORE

WEST COAST SCHOLARSHIPS OPEN UP A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNERS

October 2020

Umoya Energy Wind Farm, within the Saldanha Bay Municipality, is offering 2021 academic scholarships for local Grade 12 learners. The applications have moved to a fully-digital format, due to COVID-19, and learners are being directed to community Wi-Fi-spots to help smooth the online application process.READ MORE

FIRST BW4 WIND FARM CELEBRATES COMMERCIAL COMMENCEMENT OF ITS OPERATIONS

8 October 2020

Ceres, Western Cape

South Africa’s first bid window four wind farm, part of government’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), has announced its Commercial Operations Date, leading the way for a further eleven wind farms to come on stream. Collectively, 1.3 GW of new wind power capacity, will be added to the country’s national grid, as part of this REIPPP procurement round.READ MORE

New Analysis Shows Onshore Wind Potential Across Africa Enough to Power the Entire Continent Many Times Over

Washington D.C., September 30, 2020— Developing Africa’s huge onshore wind energy potential can boost its transition to affordable and reliable clean energy. For the first time ever, wind and solar made up the majority of the world’s new power generation in 2019. A mix of wind and solar energy is not only good for the climate but will help diversify the continent’s energy mix and improve energy security.READ MORE

CERES WIND FARM COMPLETES COMPLIANCE TESTS IN RUN UP TO OPERATIONS

1 October 2020

Almost two years after construction commenced on Perdekraal East Wind Farm, in the Western Cape’s Witzenberg Municipality, this project has completed its Grid Code Tests, the final milestone before achieving its Commercial Operations Date (COD), which is earmarked for the coming weeks.READ MORE

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