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Failures in a time of crisis

Given its rapid deployment, large-scale solar can play an important role in alleviating the crippling load shedding gripping South Africa. That’s, of course, if the solar projects perform as expected. Reported module failure at one of the country’s REIPPP projects is a cause for concern.

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Jonathan Gifford

09 Mar 2020

Image: ARTsolar

Last year saw an unenviable record achieved in South Africa’s energy supply. More than 1,350 GWh of load shedding on the country’s grid cost the economy between ZAR 59 billion ($3.9 billion) and ZAR 118 billion in 2019, according to estimates from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). In summarizing the situation in …

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