Mantashe announces well priced round five renewables projects ending long hiatus

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe finally ended a destructive near seven-year disruption to the procurement of renewable energy in South Africa, when he announced the names of 25 wind and solar preferred bidders on Thursday night. The bidders are expected to build  2 583 MW of new generating assets, and introduce these into the country’s power-stressed grid within the coming 36 months.