- Gwedebe Mantashe to announce preferred bidder for renewable project
- The project will add 2,600MW capacity
- Preferred bidder to be announced at the end of October 2021
The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwedebe Mantashe, will announce the Preferred Bidder for the Window 5 2,600MW renewable energy project by the end of October 2021. Mantashe also noted that the Ministry is in the process of procuring an additional 6,800MW.
”The department is in the process of procuring a further 6 800 megawatts of renewable energy. From this proposal, 2 600 megawatts will be under Bid Window 5, which is being evaluated, with the preferred bidder announcement planned for the month of October 2021.” Mantashe said. The 6,800MW will be procured before the end of March 2022, Mantashe noted.
The Ministry has concluded a total of 6,422MW of renewable energy procurement. To date, the department has completed the procurement of 6 422 MW of renewable energy. As a result, 10% of South Africa’s generation capacity is now sourced from renewable energy, with the biggest allocation for new renewable energy generation capacity to be developed between now and 2020.