Developers get building as South Africa PPAs are signed

An Abengoa CSP plant in Morocco

After months of delay, the South African government has finalised power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the 28 renewables developers granted projects late last year, with several – including Abengoa and Sumitomo – indicating that construction will begin immediately.

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…

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