Solar’s Role in Tackling South Africa’s Energy Crisis
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In a move to alleviate crippling electricity supply constraints and reduce the use of diesel peaking plants, South Africa’s government last August launched a technology-agnostic emergency tender for 2GW of generating capacity.
The Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP) specified that dispatchable power would need to be provided when it is most needed – between 5am and 9:30pm daily – to help reduce the shortfalls in capacity on the grid.
Reinforcing the need for the procurement round, South Africa went on to have its worst year ever of scheduled power cuts, otherwise known as load shedding, according to data from the country’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.
The country was hit by 859 hours of load shedding, representing nearly 10% of 2020 without electricity…Read More…
