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Inspiring new ways for PV

South Africa: The South African renewables market has become a beacon of PV development, both in Africa and worldwide. Despite bumps in the road ahead, medium-term growth prospects are looking good. Ioannis Papadopoulos and Ragna Schmidt-Haupt from global renewable energy consultancy GL Garrad Hassan provide a snapshot of the markets status and highlight current policy and financial hurdles.

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pv magazine

07 Aug 2013

The South African energy system is undergoing the most significant changes in its history. Decades of political reluctance to reform the electricity sector has led to chronic underinvestment and left it reliant on aging coal-fired generation plants and dominated by a state-owned monopoly utility. But, following a false start with the poorly designed Renewable Energy …

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