Wind farms

Approaching a small Karoo town on the N1 called Noupoort (Narrow Portal), Grant and I noticed a cluster of wind turbines. I snapped away as much as I could and then I Googled to read about them. (here)

The wind farm at Noupoort is still under construction. There are 35 wind turbines to be installed and connected to the grid. The height of a wind turbine is 152 meters. These 35 wind turbines will supply clean, safe and effective energy to 69,000 homes. 

At present there are ten turbines erected and I managed a couple of photos showing all ten! 

As we drove down to Cape Town, at Caledon, I photographed another wind farm

Denmark, Portugal, Spain and other European countries are leaders in harnessing wind to generate energy. Wind energy is one of the best sources of renewable energy. Wind energy produces no air-or water pollution.

The US and Canada are up there with the leading countries producing energy by using wind turbines. Turbines can be as tall as 200m with blades 60m long. The tallest wind turbine is in Hawai at 20 storeys tall and blades the length of a football field. 

I'm linking my post to Our World Tuesday here

HAPPY TUESDAY TO YOU ALL! 

Dog update

I thought I'd give an update on Skabenga after his tail and other surgery (procedure) last month. He'd lost quite a bit of weight but once I'd removed the stitches with the kind help of John and Jacob, he seems to have rallied and become exuberant again. His tail hair is almost grown. Only thing is, Skabenga never stops wagging his tail. And of course, now he hits it on every possible object he passes. And breaks open the scar again. *Sigh* It should heal completely soon! 

The stubby end of his tail is visible in this photo

Here he moves in for a pet from his yoomen Dad!

Oh, and I don't want to say this too loudly; we haven't been for a walk for an absolute age. I hope to rectify this and start walking Eddy and Skabenga a little later in the day as from this week. 

Watch this space! 

You all have a wonderful week ahead. 

Three kitties...

Hi Bozo and all Mum's blog readers; this is Ambrose. I have a post about three kitties and I'm not in it!

Dad Ginger sunning himself

Aunty Chappie lying on Mum's butcher's block

Unca Shadow dozing on Mum's desk

Unca Shadow kissing the camera lens

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