One of SANEDI's Renewable Energy projects is the mapping of the wind resource in the country creating the Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA). The main objective of the project is to develop and employ numerical wind atlas methods and develop capacity to enable large scale of exploitation of wind energy in South Africa. This includes dedicated wind resource assessment and siting tools for planning purposes i.e. a Numerical Wind Atlas and database for South Africa that can be used for feasibility studies in support of projects. The atlas will be freely available to all interested parties on the completion of the project.
The main aim of the twinning programme is to develop and employ numerical wind atlas methods and develop capacity to enable planning of large-scale exploitation of wind power in South Africa, including dedicated wind resource assessment and siting tools for planning purposes, i.e. a Numerical Wind Atlas and database for South Africa. l
Environmental Benefits
Energy consumption
Energy usage
Wind power consumes no fuel,
and emits no air pollution,
unlike fossil fuel power sources.
Wind power available in
the atmosphere is much
greater than current world
energy consumption.
Energy consumed in manufacturing
a wind power plant is equal to the
new energy produced by the plant
within a few months of operation.
