Darling Wind Farm

Darling Wind Farm
Darling Wind Farm, Western Cape, South Africa
Location of Darling Wind Farm
Country	South Africa
Location	13 km north west of Darling, Western Cape
Coordinates	33°19′1″S 18°15′34″E / 33.31694°S 18.25944°E / -33.31694; 18.25944Coordinates: 33°19′1″S 18°15′34″E / 33.31694°S 18.25944°E / -33.31694; 18.25944
Commission date	2008
Owner(s)	Eskom
Power station information
Primary fuel	Wind
Generation units	4 turbines 6 additional turbines planned
Power generation information
Installed capacity	5.2 MW

Darling Wind Farm is one of only two significant wind farms in South Africa. It is located 70 km north of Cape Town, between Darling and Yzerfontein on the west coast of South Africa. It is an Eskom demonstrator site listed as still under construction but with the first 4 turbines already rotating with the wind.^[1]

Design

It currently consists of 4 horizontal axis turbines with a installed capacity of 5.2MW. The plan is for a 6 further turbines to give 13MW total capacity. ^[2]

The turbines built by Siemens in Denmark each have three 33.5m long blades.^[3]

See also

• List of power stations in South Africa

References

1. ^ "Wind energy". Department of Minerals and Energy (South Africa). http://www.dme.gov.za/energy/renew_wind.stm. Retrieved 11 January 2010. 
2. ^ "Darling Wind Farm". Oelsner Group. June 2005. pp. 2. http://www.dme.gov.za/pdfs/energy/240605_darling_wind_farm_approved_by_ho.pdf. Retrieved 21 April 2010. 
3. ^ "Clean, green wind energy from Darling". CEF. 2007/02/09. http://www.cef.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71:clean-green-wind-energy-from-darling&catid=7:news&Itemid=24. Retrieved 21 April 2010.