This Unit is part of the Faculty's research projects infrastructure and its prime objective is the development of high level manpower. The Unit's main field of research is renewable energy sources and peripheral aspects with the main accent on wind energy. The Unit is housed in a field laboratory bordering the Cape Receife Nature Reserve. The latest apparatus is available to perspactive students and funding for projects is provided by sponsoring organisations and the Technikon's Research Committee.
Students administer their own budgets under the supervision of the project leader.
A wind turbine performance report, detailing performance characteristic and maintenance, has been completed. A draft copy has been submitted to the Department of Mineral and Energy Affairs and Eskom Technology Research and Investigations. This is the first in a series of reports on wind generators which will be written as testing progresses. An investigation into the possible manufacture of large grid connected wind turbines in South Africa has been initiated by a Johannesburg company. The aim of the project will be to have a unit operating in South Africa for assessment.