(1) Whether her department has formulated a policy on (a) Renewable Energy and (b) Regulatory Framework to regulate the payment of financial incentives in order to encourage the development of practical application of wind energy; if not, why not; if so, what are her department’s programmes that are available to support the development of (i) projects on the utilisation of wind energy as a sustainable renewable source of energy and (ii) other forms of sustainable renewable energy; (2) whether her department has (a) introduced any (i) formal guidelines, (ii) policy directives and (iii) site criteria, (b) published a wind resource map and (c) developed regional wind plans in respect of wind generation projects; if not, (i) why not and (ii) what is the anticipated date by which these projects will be introduced; if so, when will they be made available to the public; (3) whether her department has put any measures in place to assist provinces, regions and local government to put the necessary plans in place to manage the respective wind energy projects; if not, what is the anticipated date by which these measures will be adopted; if so, what measures?