The City of Cape Town is fighting for its right to purchase cleaner energy directly from independent power producers (IPPs). The City of Cape Town has petitioned the North Gauteng High Court in South Africa to buy up to 40 MW of renewable energy from IPPs. The city said in a statement it was doing everything possible to move away from sole reliance on state-owned power utility Eskom for its energy needs. The city said if it was allowed to procure renewable energy, it could reduce long-term costs for residents. Earlier in February, the deeply indebted power utility took 4,000 MW off the grid for the first time, as 40% of its available generating fleet was offline.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 04, 2019 16:18 UTC