Cape Town is inching closer to its goal of becoming the first city in South Africa to be free of load shedding.
. The metro has secured assistance from the C40 global network for two projects, one being the construction of a R1.2 billion solar photovoltaic plant at Paardevlei outside Somerset West.
The metro is co-funding the “Decarbonizing the city’s grid through solar farming and energy efficiency” project, with R447 million of the total amount of R1.2 billion. The solar project is one of the two in Cape Town which the C40 Cities Finance Facility will support. C40 is a global network of mayors of the world’s leading cities united to confront climate change. Funders of the initiative include the German, United Kingdom and French governments. They say major investments are needed to mitigate the global energy crisis and climate change.
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