When the wind industry gathered at the Windaba conference in Cape Town to discuss the future of the South African power market, they were left anxious and frustrated.
The sector had been hoping for some clarity on the country’s key Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Program (REIPPPP), which has been left in limbo by the inexplicable refusal of the state-owned grid operator and electricity supplier, Eskom, to sign power-purchase agreements (PPAs) with renewables developers.
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