Once again, thegovernment finds itself needing more time to finalise all internal approvalsand power purchase agreements (PPAs).

Both the sign-offon second round projects (totaling 1.04GW of capacity), and the opening of thethird bidding window (with a maximum 1.17GW of capacity on the line) have beenpostponed until the end of the month, according to local press reports.

Second-windowprojects, including Cennergi’s 138MW Amakhala Emoyeni wind farm, werepreviously required to have reached financial close by late March.