Umoya Energy Wind Farm, situated on either side of the R45 on the West Coast of South Africa, supplies the country with 176 600 MWh of much-needed green energy per year.
The local communities, in the surrounding 50km radius, also benefit directly through the many economic development programmes that are implemented to make a lasting difference.
Wind Farm
Located 125km north of Cape Town on the R45 in the Saldanha Bay Municipality in the Western Cape province, Umoya Energy Wind Farm generates approximately 176 600 MWh of clean renewable energy every year.
The wind farm began supplying electricity to the grid in late 2013 and achieved commercial operation date (COD) on 1 February 2014, just over one year after construction started. It was the first commercial wind farm in the country to reach this milestone.
Fact sheetEnergy Generated
Clean, renewable, electricity generated per year
37 Wind Turbines
37 Vestas V100 Turbines standing 95m tall at the hub, spanning about 900 hectares
Homes powered
49 000 low-income (at a usage of 3 600kWh/year), or 22 000 medium-income South African homes (at a usage of 7 800kWh/year)
Community
Empowering and strengthening the local communities through capacity building, skills transfer and funding of various beneficiary programmes in the surrounding areas.
The Beneficiary Communities, situated within the 50km radius of the wind farm, have been identified through a Needs Analysis programme.
Education
Umoya Energy’s education development programmes include funding of Early Childhood Development (ECD), capacity... Read moreInfrastructure
The multifaceted Hopefield Home Improvement Project included skills training, employment creation, and enterprise... Read moreEnterprise Development
Umoya Energy Wind Farm’s enterprise development SMME Accelerator programme, provides seed capital, often... Read moreEnvironment
Umoya Energy Wind Farm’s environment development programmes included funding of the South Africa... Read moreWelfare
Since 2015 Hopefield Wind Farm/Umoya Energy has provided funding to: Silwerblare Bejaarde Klub... Read moreInvestment
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PROGRAMME EMPOWERS FUTURE LEADERS
September 2024. Learners from Weston Secondary School, in the West Coast, recently took part in a transformative Residential Academy, a key element of the Columba Youth Leadership Programme. Now in its second year, this... Read more -
Issue 2 NEWSLETTER 2024
Please take a moment to read our latest newsletter, headlines include: Scholarship Recipient Graduates Girl Effect Programme Hopefield Saps- Victim Friendly Room Upgrade English Afrikaans Read more -
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME – GRANT FUNDING
Interview on Radio West Coast with Jeremy Maarman, Executive Director of the Initiative for Community Advancement (ICA) and Antonia Lesch, the Programme Beneficiary about Umoya’s Enterprise Development Programme. In an effort to stimulate local... Read more
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National Enquiries
021 670 1400
2nd Floor, Fernwood House, The Oval, 1 Oakdale Road, Newlands, Cape Town, 7700
Claremont, 7735
Umoya Energy Local Community Office:
26 Voortrekker Road, Hopefield, 7355
