Cape Town will be the first load shedding-free city in South Africa, says mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis.
Speaking at the Solar Power Africa conference on Wednesday , Hill-Lewis said the city has now opened its first round of procurement of power from independent power producers , with Cape Town issuing tenders to procure 300MW of additional renewable energy – much of which will be generated by solar photovoltaic plants, he said.
Hill-Lewis said the city will consider proposals from a range of projects, including generation-only projects, generation plus storage, and storage only. A second tender for dispatchable generation projects over 20MW, which can be brought online in a short space of time, will follow this initial tender. Over time, the city will also procure much greater storage capacity to ensure the reliability of our supply and the integrity of our grid, he said.
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