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During a meeting of the Western Cape Ad Hoc Committee on Energy yesterday it was clear that South Africa was doomed to face a cold and dark upcoming winter. Acting Eskom CEO Calib Cassim indicated that South Africa is facing a ‘difficult winter’ and confirmed that there is indeed a worst-case possibility of Stage 8 rolling blackouts but that a total grid collapse was highly unlikely.

In light of the worsening loadshedding crisis scheduled for winter, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde led a meeting of the Western Cape Energy Council, which is working towards reducing the impact of loadshedding through the installation of containerised solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and battery storage. This meeting included mayors from several municipalities in the province.

This week Premier Alan Winde chaired a meeting of the Western Cape Energy Council which included mayors from several municipalities that the Western Cape Government (WCG) is working with to reduce the impact of loadshedding through the installation of containerized solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and battery storage. “Our aim with this project is to pilot how we can speedily install containerized solar PV cells with battery storage in these municipalities which would stop loadshedding in the...

The Western Cape Premier wants to roll out solar PV batteries across the province to reduce the impact of loadshedding.

Containerised solar photovoltaic cell systems with battery storage will be rolled out to some towns in a pilot project in the Western Cape to reduce the effects of load-shedding.

The municipalities' technical capacities will undergo further evaluation before the final selection is publicly announced in June.

South Africa: Western Cape Government on plans to end power blackouts

Premier says it is encouraging to see so many municipalities working with province and taking initiative

AGOA expires in 2025 and US officials have previously said the qualifying criteria for beneficiaries could be revised or the program replaced.

DA leader John Steenhuisen met with congressional and senate staff in Washington to persuade them that South Africa should continue benefiting from the African Growth and Opportunity Act.