Generalized annual mean wind speed South Africa 7.5Km RISOE 1980-2009

The Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA) Project is an initiative of the South African Dept of Energy (DoE) with the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) executing, managing WASA and contracting the Implementation Partners: The South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), University of Cape Town (Climate Systems Analysis Group) (UCT CSAG), South African Weather Services (SAWS) and Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark (DTU Wind Energy).

The main objective of WASA through capacity development and research cooperation is to develop and employ numerical (modelled) wind atlas methods and to develop capacity to enable long term planning of large-scale exploitation of wind power in South Africa, including dedicated wind resource assessment and siting tools for planning purposes, i.e. a Verified with physical wind measurements Numerical (modelled) Wind Atlas and database for South Africa.