Wind turbine blade sweeping low over the road, Wind Garden convoy

Seen from the roadside, the white underside of a 75-metre wind turbine blade sweeps across the frame just metres above the tar, dwarfing the abnormal-load convoy approaching in the distance under a deep blue Karoo sky. The blade is one of 63 being trucked along the R350 between Makhanda and Bedford to the Wind Garden Wind Farm, a 94.5 MW, 21-turbine NOA Group project under construction in the Eastern Cape. The image captures the sheer scale of modern wind turbine components and the logistics behind South Africa's energy transition.

Wind Garden

Sustainable Development Goals

7. Affordable and Clean Energy

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abnormal load blade transport component eastern cape garden makhanda scale transport turbine blade wind wind farm construction wind-garden

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