Urgent need to address grid constraints in high-yield renewables areas – Magoro

Grid constraints in South Africa’s high-yield renewable-energy areas need to be addressed urgently, Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office CEO Bernard Magoro has again warned. Reflecting on the lessons learned from the most recent renewables procurement round during a Power Futures Lab webinar, Magoro said that government had been unable to procure several extremely competitively priced projects during bid window five (BW5) because of an absence of grid capacity.