Vestas tower sections at the Wind Garden laydown area, Makhanda

A mobile crane stands over Vestas tower sections at the Wind Garden Wind Farm laydown area near Makhanda, Eastern Cape, as crews confer beside their bakkie on the red-earth platform. The 94.5 MW project - NOA Group's first wholly owned utility-scale wind farm - is erecting 21 turbines of 4.5 MW each on 112 m towers. Its output is wheeled privately to commercial and industrial customers via NOA Trading, outside the REIPPPP rounds.

Wind Garden

Sustainable Development Goals

7. Affordable and Clean Energy

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construction eastern cape garden laydown area makhanda mobile crane noa group tower section vestas wind wind-garden wind turbine construction

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