Citing the nation's renewable energy solicitations, Frost & Sullivan (Mountain View, California, U.S.) forecasts that renewable energy will grow from 1% of South Africa's energy supply in 2012 to 12% in 2020.
The Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement (REIPPP) aims to procure 3.725 GW of electricity from renewable energy by 2020. The program has already supported the largest PV plant in Africa at 75 MW, as well as the first concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in Sub-Saharan Africa, which are under construction.
