German industrial group Rheinmetall plans to build its first South African plant to produce photovoltaic panels for the power-deprived local market.
The outages have spurred demand for solar power systems. South Africa imported solar PV panels worth nearly R2.2 billion in the first five months of this year alone, mostly from China. The government has re-launched a drive to attract private investment in industrial-scale renewables projects to boost production capacity. It also loosened regulations on self-generation earlier this year, removing a cap on the amount of power businesses and individuals can produce before seeking government approval.
Anyone else think this headline started off about a industrial metal band?
Germany was, probably still is the biggest consumer of coal in Europe, they view is South Africa is a third world country, they can be powered with this inefficient green energy while they mine our coal to power their country...
MF we are too broke to buy those things. They wasting their time and money plus china and canada have way better panels.
Create a problem, sell the solution Their capitalism plan is rolling out nicely
Remember Germany is 1 of the countries which were pushing for South Africa to leave coal.
While they busy renewing their coal powèr stations. SA is a money milk cower for ezikaka zabelungu. Anc sold our country
don't tell you know who ...
President Ramaphosa's investment drive gaining momentum😅