Despite past indications that South Africa puts far more stock in wind than solar, it handed out 632MW of PV capacity spread across 18 projects in its “first window” of renewables allocations.

By comparison, it allocated 634MW of wind spread across eight projects.

It also dished out 150MW of concentrating solar power (CSP) capacity at two projects, including the 100MW Abengoa-led KaXu Solar One.

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