South Africa will have to reconfigure its power grids in the Cape to transmit more renewable energy.
South Africa could face limitations in connecting renewable power sources due to a lack of grid capacity in some areas of the country.
“The national transmission system was built to transport electricity from the coal fields up in the Northwest and Northeast to the rest of the country,” Eberhard said in an“Now, our best solar resources are in the Northern Cape and the best wind resources in the Western, Southern, and Eastern Cape.
However, Eberhard added that there should be enough capacity on certain transmission grids to handle independent power producer bids from windows five and six. While Eberhard highlighted that South Africa’s best solar and wind resources lie in the Cape, he said there was still opportunity for these renewables in the northern parts of the country.
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