SOLAR POWER
Solar power
as a solution to tackle SA’s energy challenges
South Africa and the Northern Cape in particular, has some of the best solar resources in the world, which places SA in a very competitive position when it comes to harvesting this abundant resource. SA BUSINESS INTEGRATOR spoke to Pieter Oosthuizen, Asset Director at Globeleq South Africa Management Services, to find out more.
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Oosthuizen says the harvested energy can be used to either supply electricity for the South African electricity market, or as a costeffective energy source that can be used in the production of green fuels such as hydrogen. He says the planned upgrade of the transmission grid into the Northern Cape will further unlock access to this solar resource and will enable many additional solar generation projects that are shovel-ready. The cost of solar energy, even with Covid and Ukraine supply chain shocks, remains cost competitive relative to other technologies, and utility-scale solar farms can be built within two years.
