South Africa has selected eight solar PV projects and eight battery energy storage projects as preferred bidders, promising over 6,000 job opportunities and significant investments in local content and black economic empowerment. The Department of Electricity and Energy revealed these appointments, highlighting the combined contracted capacity of 1,760MW for the solar PV projects. The chosen bidders have committed to substantial local content allocation, black enterprise procurement, and socio-economic development initiatives.
More than 6 000 job opportunities – measured in job years – are expected to be created as the bidders for renewable energy bid windows have been chosen.
In the statement, the department says the eight solar PV projects have a combined contracted capacity of some 1 760MW. On jobs, the department reveals that some 6 971 job opportunities – measured in job years – are expected to be created through the projects. “Furthermore, the preferred bidders have undertaken to spend a total of R73 million in enterprise development, R129 million in socio-economic development, and R138 million in skills development initiatives over the lifetime of the projects.”
According to the department, it received 31 bid responses for BESIPPPP Bid Window 2, with the eight chosen bidders coming with a combined total investment of some R12.8 billion.
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