Swellendam’s water ‘trickery’ creates turbulence for mega wind farm

Swellendam’s water ‘trickery’ creates turbulence for mega wind farm

Swellendam municipality appears to be pulling the wool over the eyes of Red Rocket, the company building South Africa’s biggest wind farm on its doorstep

Swellendam illegally providing town’s potable water to windpower facility, say residents

The Swellendam municipality in the Western Cape, where the biggest wind farm in South Africa is being built, appears to be deceiving both town residents and the project developers about the source of the water it is supplying for the R13bn facility. The municipality says it is providing non-potable water to Power Construction, the company that is erecting the 63 wind turbines and associated infrastructure for renewable energy company Red Rocket.…