With green energy high on its agenda, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University has just tied a wind turbine to the university's power grid - a first for the university, piggybacking on the linking of solar energy to the campus grid last year. Researchers in the university's Centre for Energy Research (CER) are now measuring how the yield of wind-produced electricity compares to the yield of sun energy. But they all agree that both are essential for optimal green energy results. "Because the … [Read more...] about Wind turbine feeds NMMU grid
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R475m Van Stadens wind turbine construction to begin soon
Engineering and construction prowess will be on display in the Eastern Cape as construction of the first of 10 wind farms in the province begins by Basil Read Matomo at the Metrowind Van Stadens wind farm outside Port Elizabeth. Transport of the components for the nine wind turbines began in the final week of June and will continue through this week as nine nacelles, 27 blades and nine towers make their way on a 57-kilometre journey from the Port of Ngqura to the site. Basil Read Matomo … [Read more...] about R475m Van Stadens wind turbine construction to begin soon
