The South African Wind Energy Program (SAWEP)2 which ran between 2015-2019 released the Wind Atlas South Africa (WASA) 3 Interim (Fast Track) in October 2017.
The diagram below indicates the Interim (5 km) High-Resolution Wind Resource Map for South Africa. From this map, the South African mean wind speed [ms−1] @ 100 m a.g.l. (above ground level).
Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA) SANEDI
![WASA High-resolution Wind Resource Map 2020](/sites/default/files/inline-images/WASA_Wind_Resource_Map_2020-resized.png)