
South Africa is experiencing a strong demographic and economic growth, but like many African countries, it still lacks the necessary power generation and transmission infrastructures to drive its development. On and off grid renewables are the perfect solution to quickly respond to the growing demand for energy at zero emissions.
The South African government has therefore expanded the energy generation market to the private sector, through theRenewable energy independent power producer programme (REIPPP), consisting in a series of tenders to assign independent power producers the construction of renewable plants, thereby reaching a generation capacity from renewable sources of 18 gigawatts by 2030. With the completion of REIPPP, South Africa will be among the top 15 countries in the world in terms of installed renewable capacity.
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