South Africa chosen 5 photo voltaic initiatives with a mixed capability of 860 MW within the newest public sale. Nonetheless, the authorities didn’t choose any wind initiatives from the 4.1 GW bids submitted. The ultimate common worth for PV is ZAR 0.490 ($0.02808)/kWh.
South Africa’s minister of mineral assets and power, Gwede Mantashe, mentioned final week that the 5 chosen bidders within the sixth spherical of the nation’s Renewable Vitality Unbiased Energy Producer Procurement Program (REIPPPP) are all for the photo voltaic power mission. The ministry chosen 5 photo voltaic vegetation with a mixed capability of 860 MW within the public sale, with the ultimate common worth reaching ZAR 0.49048 / kWh, up 8% from the fifth spherical, when the typical worth reached of ZAR 0.45423 / kWh
The bottom two bids of ZAR 0.46050 had been provided for 2 150 MW photo voltaic vegetation within the North West province, whereas a bid of ZAR 0.48650 was submitted for a 240 MW facility within the Free State province. The builders additionally provided bids of ZAR 0.49890 and ZAR 0.54000 for 200 MW within the Free State and a plant of 120 MW within the North West.
“That is indicative of the worldwide financial challenges skilled up to now two years leading to elevated enter prices all through the worth chain,” the ministry mentioned in an announcement. “The entire funding attracted via the 5 initiatives is ZAR 12.1 billion.”
South African authorities initially deliberate to allocate as much as 1 GW of photo voltaic and three.2 GW of wind energy within the public sale.
“The division has acquired bid responses for offshore wind price 4,116 MW for Bid Window 6, all of that are situated within the Jap Cape and Western Cape provide areas,” the ministry mentioned, referring to unallocated air capability quota. “Following affirmation from Eskom through the evaluation interval that there isn’t any grid capability obtainable to attach any proposed offshore wind initiatives to those provide areas, the division could not present any wind initiatives as much as the allotted 3 200 MW beneath this bid window.”
“It is a disappointing announcement from the Minister of Mineral Sources and Vitality Gwede Mantashe for Bid Window 6 contemplating that South Africa is coming off the worst loadshedding yr on document and simply missed a chance to deploy each wind and photo voltaic PV initiatives at a scale that’s nonetheless the most affordable and best to construct energy initiatives within the nation,” Chris Ahlfeldt, founding father of Blue Horizon Vitality Consulting Companies, mentioned pv journal. “It will likely be fascinating to see how Eskom and authorities reply to the clear want for a coordinated method to the allocation of grid entry going ahead as not all energy initiatives are the identical by way of emissions, prices, provide profile, or native socio-economic advantages.”
The fifth part of the REIPPPP scheme was launched in March 2021. In whole, the authorities allotted 2.6 GW of renewable power capability in 25 initiatives, starting from 75 MW to 140 MW. The bottom bid within the fifth spherical of ZAR 0.34425 was submitted for a 124 MW wind facility to be inbuilt Hantam, within the Northern Cape area. For photo voltaic, the bottom worth was ZAR 0.37479, which was provided for six 75 MW photo voltaic parks set for development in Tokologo, an administrative space of Lejweleputswa District within the Free State area.
The sixth and fifth procurement workouts are a part of a plan to supply almost 12 GW of capability. The newest spherical follows the current publication of South Africa’s new Built-in Useful resource Plan (IRP). The IRP goals for as much as 6 GW of recent large-scale photo voltaic by 2030, in addition to as much as 6 GW of distributed-generation PV capability.
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