In pictures: Eastern Cape wind farm takes shape







BLADE TO ROTOR The blades are connected to the rotor at ground level
Photo by Drik Moggee
CABELLING Excavator digs a trench for the laying of cables
Photo by Drik Moggee
IN PLACE The turbine’s tip height is 132 m
Photo by Drik Moggee
FOUNDATIONS Getting the turbine foundations in place
Photo by Drik Moggee
LIFTING THE NACELLE At 82 t, the nacelle is the heaviest component
Photo by Drik Moggee
LIFTING THE TOWER The total tower height is 80 m
Photo by Drik Moggee
MOVING THE BLADE Transporting the 49 m blades to site
Photo by Drik Moggee
The owners of the Jeffreys Bay wind Farm, which is under construction on a 3 700 ha site in the Eastern Cape, recently commissioned photo- grapher Dirk Moggee to document the process of erecting the wind turbines, as well as the associated infrastructure and equipment.
A consortium, led by majority share- holder Globeleq, is developing the pro- ject. The consortium also includes Mainstream Renewable Power, Thebe Investment Corporation, Old Mutual’s IDEAS Managed Fund, Enzani Technologies, Usizo Engineering and the Amandla Omoya Trust.
The wind farm is 138 MW in size, and will incorporate 60 turbines in all. It is expected to be completed by mid-2014 and will supply 460 000 MWh/y, which is enough electrical energy to meet the needs of 110 000 average South African households.
The photographs, made available to Engineering News, cover various construction aspects – from the transportation of the large components to the preparation of the foundations, the cabelling and the final erection of the towers, rotors and turbines.
Article Enquiry
Email Article
Save Article
Feedback
To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation






















