S Africa’s solar PV market is predicted to be ranked 10th in size globally

Given Majola given.majola@inl.co.za

THE DOMINANCE of solar PV systems continued to grow in South Africa’s journey towards energy security, with predictions that the country would be the 10th-largest PV market in the world this year, according to a recent BloombergNEF report. Dr Rethabile Melamu, the CEO of the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (Sapvia), said as an industry body, they were proud to have contri- buted to this globally respected report. “The statistics generated by our own solar PV dashboard informed this latest BloombergNEF report, and in particular the section that dealt with the South African landscape,” Melamu said. BloombergNEF’s research documents provided a perspective on global commodity markets and the technologies driving the transition to a lower-carbon economy. According to the report, the photovoltaic industry added about 444GW of new capacity in…

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Cape Times (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2024-03-14

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