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280m turbines, 600km of roads, and more battery power than Medupi and Kusile combined — South Africa’s first 1GW wind farm
South Africa could get its first renewable power plant with a peak electricity output of up to one gigawatt (1,000 megawatts) within four years.
The R30-billion Carissa Wind Energy Facility (WEF), planned for construction about 31km south of Beaufort West in the Western Cape, secured environmental authorisation in early September 2025.