The destructive wind damage was accompanied by a sequence of faults in quick succession resulting in six voltage dips on the SA grid over a two-minute period at about 4:16pm.

The owners of two SA wind farms are hit with more than $1 million in penalties for their role in the catastrophic 2016 blackout. Skip to main content. ... Photo shows Wind turbines.

South Africa has officially opened its latest wind farm – an 80MW facility in Noupoort, the eastern Karoo region. Situated in the Umsobomvu Municipal Area located 10km east of Noupoort in the ...

JOHANNESBURG – World leader Mainstream of Ireland is ready to start building wind farms in SA with an output of 5GW at a capital cost of €7.5bn on four conditions, says its Irish Chairman Dr ...

Financial services provider Absa Corporate and Investment Banking is providing R1.6-billion in facilities for Phase 2 of the ...

SARITA — The 260-foot-tall wind turbines of the Kenedy Ranch stand like a steel forest along the edge of the Laguna Madre and pump out hundreds of megawatts of emission-free electricity. The ...

The South African wind energy industry is targeting to build at least 17 wind farms per year over the next 10 years. Industry body, the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA), says SA’s ...

Wind power is considered a key contributor to South Africa’s future energy mix, according to the energy department’s integrated resource plan 2019 (IRP 2019).. This document envisioned that 17 ...

There are at least 34 independently-operated onshore wind farms providing power to South Africa’s grid, but not a single turbine installed offshore despite studies showing huge potential.