Cranes above flowering aloes, Wind Garden Wind Farm, Eastern Cape

Erection cranes rise over the Wind Garden laydown area near Makhanda, with winter-flowering aloes studding the Eastern Cape grassland in the foreground. Photographed in July 2026 as the 94.5 MW project's tower sections awaited assembly. Wind Garden is NOA Group's first wholly owned utility-scale wind farm, expected to generate around 287 GWh a year.

Wind Garden

Sustainable Development Goals

7. Affordable and Clean Energy

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aloe ferox construction crane eastern cape flowering aloes garden makhanda noa group wind wind-garden wind turbine construction winter

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