Cape Town gets assistance from the US to help it get off Eskom’s grid

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Cape Town gets assistance from the US to help it get off Eskom’s grid
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The City of Cape Town’s energy directorate has accepted an offer of technical assistance from the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) South African Energy Programme (SAEP).

The donation will assist the city with a number of projects relating to renewable energy purchase, generation and energy efficiency interventions, it said in a statement on Monday .

Van Reenen said the city’s energy directorate is currently embarking on a number of projects relating to renewable energy purchase and generation, and other sustainable energy interventions.Pre-feasibility study of a renewable energy facility at Paardevlei in Somerset West; The technical assistance from the USAID is free of charge and the city and USAID has agreed that the approximate value of the assistance to be provided is R1.8 million, Van Reenen said.

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