On-farm hydroelectric power boosts dairy’s bottom line
With South Africa being a water-scarce country, opportunities for widespread hydroelectricity production are largely limited to sites capable of generating under 100MW each, according to information provided by the US Department of Energy.
One such small-scale hydroelectric power plant has been operating intermittently in a hidden nook on the Mooi River, which runs through the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, since the 1970s. According to Peter Ward, who co-owns Kruisfontein Farming with Dr Strydom Steyn, local lore is that the various previous owners of this hydropower plant, and the land on which it stands, used and
