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| South Africa enters the renewable energy age At long last the South African renewable energy industry is ready to take off. The South African Department of Energy announced the winning bids from the first round of tenders for renewable energy projects in the margins of COP 17 this morning. 630 MW of wind projects and a similar quantity of solar pv projects plus 150 MW of concentrating solar power projects will start the ball rolling. It is envisaged that a further 2200 MW of renewable projects will be announced over the coming two years. South Africa's Integrated Resource Plan, adopted in 2010, calls for 8400 MW of wind power over the course of the next 20 years, but assuming that the wind and solar sectors start to take off as expected, those numbers could rise substantially. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |