Caretaker container alterations
Kouga Wind Farm funded the refurbishment of a container which was converted to an office and storage room for the Caretaker of the Sea Vista Sports Ground. The caretaker had no shelter at the sports field making it difficult for him to be at the field when weather conditions were not favourable. Alterations were completed in […]
Instruments boost Boys Brigade band
The Boys Brigade is a youth organization which has been present in South Africa since 1889. The Kouga Battalion was established in July 2012. The organization strives to keep boys from age 6 to 18 years off the street and occupied with different kinds of programmes, including a marching band. Kouga Wind farm funded the purchase […]
Healthy Mom and Baby Clinic
The Healthy Mom & Baby Clinic offers pre and post-natal and clinic care to mothers and their babies in the surrounding communities of Jeffreys Bay. Kouga Wind Farm sponsored the purchase of a dopler machine, scanning equipment, clinic supplies and 18 months of mom and baby care classes for their patients in September 2015.
Kouga Wind Farm to add 300GWh to grid annually
Commercial Operation of the Kouga Wind Farm officially commenced at 00:00 on the 17th of March 2015. The Kouga Wind Farm is an 80MW wind farm consisting of 32 x 2.5MW wind turbines which means that the Kouga Wind Farm will add approx. 300 million KWh (300 Gwh) of clean electricity annually to the grid […]
Umzamowethu clinic waiting facility
The Kouga Wind Farm CSI team has installed a clinic waiting and consulting room facility in Umzamowethu. This has been provided via two converted containers, one to be used as a waiting room and the other as two counselling/ consulting rooms. There is also an ablution unit and a ramp for access for disabled patients. […]
Support for Sandwater School
The KWF CSI team has invested in the Sandwater Primary School with the provision of a Reading Programme in English and Afrikaans and the installation of a jungle gym. The Kouga Wind Farm team has invested in the Sandwater School for 2015 providing English and Afrikaans reading programmes, as well as additional aids to help […]
New CEO for Kouga Wind Farm
Lukhanyo Ndube, the newly appointed CEO of the Kouga Wind Farm. Ndube took over the helm of the Kouga Wind Farm on 1 July after more than a decade spent at Eskom’s Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant in Melkbos outside Cape Town. His role is to ensure the overall operational performance of Kouga Wind Farm, which […]
Kouga Wind Farm invests in Sea Vista community
The Kouga Wind Farm has upgraded the sports facilities of the Sea Vista community and invested in a new children’s play park, as part of its corporate social investment commitment to the communities neighbouring the R2bn renewable energy project at Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape. Kouga Municipality Executive Mayor Booi Koerat accepted the keys […]
Oyster Bay: 11 turbines already erected
Construction of the R2 billion Kouga Wind Farm at Oyster Bay is on track with eleven of the 32 wind turbines already gracing the skyline. It is expected that the last turbine will be erected by the end of September this year, with commissioning ongoing until end 2014. When operational the wind farm will generate […]
Facilities upgrade for Sea Vista sports field
The Kouga Wind Farm team is currently involved in the upgrade of the facilities on the Sea Vista Sports field. This is due to be finalized mid April. This facilitiy upgrade involves the following: Cleaning of netball courts, slurry seal of the surface and repainting the lines Replace vibracrete panels in the current fence, install one […]