Noupoort ABCD beneficiaries visit Windaba
Two Noupoort Wind Farm ABCD SMME beneficiaries had the opportunity to visit the international wind industry conference, WINDABA, held in Cape...
Noupoort ABCD beneficiaries visit Windaba
Computer equipment donation
Computer equipment donation
Responding to a request from the Department of Education, De Aar Solar Power stepped in to fund computer equipment, for a cohort of classroom...
Collaboration yields success
Collaboration yields success
Since its inception six years ago, the Greater Kromme Stewardship initiative has been widely recognised for securing more priority land for...
SA Wind gives green funding a thumbs up
SA Wind gives green funding a thumbs up
Photo Credit: Noupoort Wind Farm The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) has put its voice of support behind the first of its kind...
Youth coaches given training
Youth coaches given training
A pioneering Teen Coaching Youth Development Programme, kicked off during September 2021, drawing young talent from within the Gamagara...
SAWEA announces Chair
SAWEA announces Chair
The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) has announced the re-appointment of Mercia Grimbeek as Chair, for a second two-year term....
Highlights
Biodiversity mitigating measures are saving bats
Eastern Cape. Working in collaboration with local wind farms, the Greater Kromme Stewardship (GKS) initiative, which focuses on conservation in the Kouga region, has noted the positive strides being made by some of the wind farms with regard to creating no net loss to biodiversity from their operations. Through the installation of acoustic deterrent devices on selected turbines, two wind farms in particular are seeing significantly reduced bat fatalities. For some turbines this reduction can be as much as between 80% and 100%. Pilot studies began in 2018, with Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm...