Renewable energy bid selection and allocation criteria in South Africa flawed

[rpm]

Renewable energy bid selection and allocation criteria in SA flawed

The current bid selection criteria of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement (REIPPP) programme’s narrow evaluation and spatial blindness favours projects that are not necessarily the least-cost option for renewable energy at the point of consumption.

This not only impacts energy costs for Eskom, and therefore for consumers, but also creates transmission congestion and delayed connections to an already constrained grid, incurring even further costs.

 

[Chevron]

Quite an interesting read.

 

[Bern]

Considering who is in charge of the Energy portfolio, I expect catastrophe judging by the performance on previous portfolios.

Surely this is not rocket science, can we please get someone in charge who has a clue and cares about this country?