In a move designed to revive confidence in South Africa’s nascent renewables industry, the government also revealed plans to add a further 3.2GW of capacity from 2017-2020 – giving developers visibility beyond the initial 3.6GW planned for 2017.
After winning plaudits around the world by backing more than two dozen utility-scale wind, PV and concentrating solar power (CSP) projects last December, Pretoria has faced a growing backlash as its own timelines for developmental milestones have been allowed to slip, and confidence in the government’s commitment towards renewables has at times appeared to wane.
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