South Africa Pushing Renewable Independent Power Producers to 6,300 Megawatts
JOHANNESBURG--April 21, 2015--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--After a period of crisis for South African national power utility Eskom (Johannesburg), with rolling blackouts (load shedding) and capacity addition targets being moved further into the future, the Energy Ministry has put a more positive spin on the future. Two new bidding rounds have been launched for renewable power projects and a number of initiatives that will put independent power producers (IPPS) in the running for new cogeneration, gas-fired and coal-fired projects.
Within this article: Updates on South Africa's promotion of independent power producers.
