A rapid and successful rollout of new power may well prompt Pretoria to increase the central funding of municipal power generation.
Electricity transmission pylons in the Dunoon informal settlement in Cape Town. Picture: BLOOMBERG/DWAYNE SENIOR
Cape Town requires some 2GW of electrical power, so 7-million watts is a drop in the bucket. What would it cost Cape Town to build 2MW of green generating capacity? . Is the Cape Town budget and balance sheet in a position to afford this? As the sun only shines for up to eight hours per day and the wind doesn’t always blow, 2GW of installed green power would meet only about a third of Cape Town’s needs. Nonetheless, this would be a considerable boost to both the SA and the Cape Town economy.
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