Serious negotiations are currently under way between the national and Western Cape governments to get the country's first commercial wind energy demonstration project at Darling off the ground.

The first wind farm in South Africa, which produces electricity from wind power, was switched on by Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica in Darling in the Western Cape on Friday, the ...

Cape Town - The Western Cape is taking a serious look at electricity based on wind, one of its most plentiful natural resources, ahead of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in ...

Cape Town — The little town of Darling in the Western Cape made history yesterday when Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica officially switched on South Africa’s first wind farm, the ...

With the latest round of power outages in the Western Cape comes the news that the Darling wind farm has been given the green light by the Cape Town City's mayoral committee.

Zest WEG has delivered a locally manufactured main power transformer to a wind farm project near Swellendam in the Western Cape. The 45MVA transformer will receive 33kV from the wind turbines and ...

Cape Point, one of South Africa's most famous landmarks, has been earmarked for a large wind farm to generate power to help alleviate the electricity crisis.

A western P.E.I. wind farm will soon be five times bigger than it is now, and churning out two-thirds of all the wind power on the Island.

According to new amendments to its Generation Capacity Assessment, Eskom is ready to give the Eastern and Western Cape a big boost in wind power, adding up to 3,470MW. But this is only if the power ...

Two cold fronts are set to hit the Western Cape from Monday, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, snowfall, and possible localised flooding.