By Christmas, South Africa's first commercially available, wind-generated electricity could be lighting homes in the Western Cape. The R70 million project is a plan to erect four wind turbines on a farm near Darling in the Swartland. 

Herman Oelsner, the man who dreamed up the Danish designed models, says the wind farm will deliver 5.2 megawatts. The Danish government is backing him with R20 million.  

“The South African Wind Energy project, through the Global Environment Fund will mobilise about R400 million to be spent on wind energy to the tune of 50 megawatts capacity," said Oelsner.

04 March 2005