The City of Cape Town is the first municipality to open its doors to independent power providers.
On Wednesday, mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the city has opened the first round for independent entities to tender for providing up to 300MW — much of which will come from solar power.
Looking for suppliers who can provide energy generation, storage or both will “reduce our reliance on Eskom during peak times”.
Speaking at the Solar Power Africa conference in Cape Town, the mayor said: “Solar photovoltaic energy is clean and affordable and scalable.”