South Africa makes effort to sign wind power projects in bid to ease power cuts


South Africa will move ahead with the allocation of three onshore wind stations from a delayed round of bidding to provide renewable power.

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The initiative is intended to help mitigate record levels of power cuts.

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The Coleskop Wind Power, San Kraal Wind Power and Phezukomoya Wind Power developments are ready to be signed off following the receipt of regulatory approvals, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy said in a statement on Tuesday.

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According to Bloomberg, other projects are expected to be finalised at a later date.

Wind projects could add 2 600 megawatts to grid

A total of 25 wind- and solar-power projects worth about R50 billion of investment and forecast to add nearly 2 600 megawatts to the national grid were announced almost a year ago.

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South Africa has suffered a record year for power cuts, with state-owned Eskom unable to meet demand as its fleet of ageing coal stations experience frequent breakdowns.

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The government has rolled out a number of programmes to add capacity, but they have been prone to delays.

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