International Finance Corporation to develop offshore wind power road map for South Africa

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank group, is to develop an offshore wind power road map for South Africa, IFC Principal Renewable Energy Specialist Sean Whittaker announced at the Windaba conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on late Thursday afternoon. (The IFC is the World Bank’s private sector financing institution.) “We’re very pleased to announce that we are initiating a road map for South Africa,” he said. “This work will be taking place over the next nine to 12 months.”