SOUTH AFRICA-DE AAR-CHINA-WIND POWER PROJECT-LOCAL COMMUNITY

SOUTH AFRICA-DE AAR-CHINA-WIND POWER PROJECT-LOCAL COMMUNITY

(230821) -- CAPE TOWN, Aug. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Daswin Basson (L) and Regardt van Tonder, deputy manager of a substation of (Longyuan SA) De Aar Wind Power Project, work at the substation in De Aar, South Africa, Aug. 10, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: China's wind power project in S. Africa benefits local community" (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

SOUTH AFRICA-DE AAR-CHINA-WIND POWER PROJECT-LOCAL COMMUNITY

SOUTH AFRICA-DE AAR-CHINA-WIND POWER PROJECT-LOCAL COMMUNITY

(230821) -- CAPE TOWN, Aug. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Daswin Basson (L) and Regardt van Tonder, deputy manager of a substation of (Longyuan SA) De Aar Wind Power Project, check the equipment at the substation in De Aar, South Africa, Aug. 10, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: China's wind power project in S. Africa benefits local community" (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

China's power wind project in South Africa benefits local community

STORY: China's power wind project in South Africa benefits local community DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: DE AAR, South Africa CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of De Aar Wind Power Project 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DASWIN BASSON, Worker, Longyuan SA 3. various of De Aar Wind Power Project 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DASWIN BASSON, Worker, Longyuan SA 5. various of De Aar Wind Power Project 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DISANG MOLADLE, Municipal Manager of Emthanjeni Municipality STORYLINE: Daswin Basson lives in De Aar, a town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The 27-year-old works at the De Aar wind power project invested by China's Longyuan Power through its South African subsidiary Longyuan South Africa Renewables (Longyuan SA) and its South African partners. The wind power project has been in operation since 2017. In addition to continuously supplying the local community with about 760 million kWh of stable and clean electricity every year, Longyuan SA has spared no