{"id":6545,"date":"2021-03-17T19:09:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T19:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=6545"},"modified":"2021-03-17T17:56:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:56:28","slug":"six-cape-municipalities-identified-as-most-equip-to-develop-own-power-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/six-cape-municipalities-identified-as-most-equip-to-develop-own-power-generation","title":{"rendered":"Six Cape municipalities identified as most equip to develop own power generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town &#8211; The six Western Cape municipalities identified to develop their own power generation projects were selected after an evaluation by the provincial government.<\/p>\n<p>Finance and Economic Opportunities MEC David Maynier highlighted the Municipal Energy Resilience MER Project when he presented the province\u2019s budget on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Maynier also pledged over R60 million to be allocated over the medium term to the province\u2019s MER Project which would help municipalities across the Western Cape to understand the requirements of the new national energy regulations, and mitigate related risks as well as provide for network and operational capacity requirements for energy project development and procurement in municipalities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI announced that we will spend R48.8 million over the medium term and provide a further R20 million in the provincial reserves for the MER Project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maynier said that he was pleased to announce that the six candidate municipalities participating in the first phase of the project in this financial year are:<\/p>\n<p>Maynier added: \u201cAnd, as they are a municipality that has already done excellent work on developing energy resilience, we are also pleased to be collaborating with the City of Cape Town on the MER Project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MER Project is spearheaded by our Green Economy unit at the Department of Economic Development and Tourism, who are working in collaboration with the Department of Local Government and Provincial Treasury to enable the development of energy projects and engage with municipalities on multiple fronts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the procurement of energy at utility and municipal distribution scale, such as bulk energy purchases from Independent Power Producers (IPPs), under conditions of developing and evolving policies and regulations is a complex and challenging task.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMunicipalities may not have the policies, plans, resources, funding, or procurement expertise to procure wholesale electricity from sources other than Eskom, specifically IPPs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither have all municipalities\u2019 electricity distribution systems been technically evaluated to clarify their readiness to support new electricity generation and energy trading,\u201d Maynier said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo identify the candidate municipalities for the MER Project, we conducted a readiness evaluation to determine which municipalities were most equipped and met the conditions required to take advantage of the energy regulations to develop their own power generation projects and also procure power from IPPs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that the candidate municipalities have been announced, we will be confirming willingness and commitment through a Memorandum of Understanding, and then working closely with them in the first phase of MER Project to identify pioneering energy projects and develop a roadmap to roll out the projects,\u201d the MEC said.<\/p>\n<p>This process will consider multiple pioneering renewable energy technologies and scales, cost options, scale of investment required, location issues, risks, municipal readiness needs, infrastructure needs, timelines to get capacity onto the grid, transaction and procurement mechanisms and regulatory issues.<\/p>\n<p>Maynier said that any learnings from projects implemented with the candidate municipalities will be applied to future projects in other municipalities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this project should enable municipalities to be able to buffer residents and businesses from the impacts of load shedding, they will still continue to be connected to the national grid as we won\u2019t be able to meet 100% of energy demand through renewable energy at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will also work closely with national government to explore how the new energy regulations could lead to renewable energy generation projects within municipalities in the Western Cape,\u201d Maynier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MER Project is just another example of how we are working hard to become more energy resilient in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther projects that provide continued support to all municipalities in the Western Cape include support to develop and revise SSEG feed-in tariff frameworks and feed-in tariffs for solar PV, engagements with businesses to drive take-up of solar PV, support to municipalities to enable wheeling, support to energy sector businesses; the provision of energy technology and cost options to businesses and municipalities; and support to green economy investors in the Western Cape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Cape Argus<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Cape Town &#8211; The six Western Cape municipalities identified to develop their own power generation projects were selected after an evaluation by the provincial government. Finance and Economic Opportunities MEC David Maynier highlighted the Municipal Energy Resilience MER Project when he presented the province\u2019s budget on Tuesday. 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