The Wind is Green

By Wouter Roggen, Head Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, City of Cape Town

 

Our plan is to harness the wind-

It’s a plan on which much may be pinned

for we think you’ll agree

that it blows, since it’s free,

both on saints and on those who have sinned.

 

On a ridge not too far out from Darling

where before roamed but sheep and some starling

we’ll erect massive masts

with propellers made fast

to convert wind to Amps without sparking

 

It’s a challenge to find green consumers

since one cannot build custom with rumours

but with people who know

a good marketing show

may convert retail buds into bloomers

 

At the end of the day it’s our dream

that success with this green power scheme

will make Cape Town the prime

tourist venue sublime

where the coffee, though brown, comes with cream!