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Coal-heavy South Africa eyes wind and solar sectors
http://www.rtcc.org/coal-heavy-south-africa-eyes-wind-and-solar-sectors/[font face=Serif][font size=5]Coal-heavy South Africa eyes wind and solar sectors[/font]
Last updated on 19 July 2013, 4:53 pm
[font size=4]South African’s main energy company Eskom is planning to add renewables to its coal portfolio[/font]
By Nilima Choudhury
[font size=3]South Africa’s main energy company Eskom is adding extensive wind and solar investments to its coal intensive portfolio.
The $1.3 billion Renewables Support Programme, supported by the World Bank, African Bank and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will offer Eskom support in building a windfarm and one of the world’s largest concentrating solar power (CSP) plants.
Eskom has started construction on the wind farm, the US$1.8 billion Sere project, as well as signing power purchase agreements for more than 2,400MW of renewable energy with new independent power producers procured by the Department of Energy.
The farm will generate up to 100MW of power for the national grid, avoiding nearly 4.7 million tons of carbon emissions over 20 years, producing enough clean energy to power about 97,000 homes.
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Last updated on 19 July 2013, 4:53 pm
[font size=4]South African’s main energy company Eskom is planning to add renewables to its coal portfolio[/font]
By Nilima Choudhury
[font size=3]South Africa’s main energy company Eskom is adding extensive wind and solar investments to its coal intensive portfolio.
The $1.3 billion Renewables Support Programme, supported by the World Bank, African Bank and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will offer Eskom support in building a windfarm and one of the world’s largest concentrating solar power (CSP) plants.
Eskom has started construction on the wind farm, the US$1.8 billion Sere project, as well as signing power purchase agreements for more than 2,400MW of renewable energy with new independent power producers procured by the Department of Energy.
The farm will generate up to 100MW of power for the national grid, avoiding nearly 4.7 million tons of carbon emissions over 20 years, producing enough clean energy to power about 97,000 homes.
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