Government has signalled a possible shift in the procurement of new electricity generation in South Africa with plans to move away from the traditional stop-start bid window approach towards a more predictable procurement cadence.
Addressing Parliaments Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy on February 5, Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said the country is likely to move away from the bid window exercise in order to improve certainty about the timing and scale of future power projects.
The bid window system has underpinned South Africas renewable energy procurement for more than a decade. Ramokgopa indicated that government now wants a model that offers clearer forward visibility of the project pipeline.
