IDC's role in SA29 Aug 2020 19:15
Taken from their website on energy storage -
'Our plan is to make South Africa a global leader in energy storage – at utility scale, energy storage facilities can be used to provide power to the grid to ensure energy supply security. There is potential to provide energy solutions (in combination with renewable energy generation) in rural areas with no grid connection.
SA has mineral resources which can be beneficiated for use in energy storage solutions, providing a sustainable global competitive advantage.'
ON RENEWABLES
'The SBU intends to stimulate the local manufacturing of components and systems for application in renewable energy projects as well as for the export markets. Presently, most components and the underlying technologies are imported and localization is mainly limited to assembly operations. We intend to turn the tide by localising the manufacturing of most of the valuable components and by adopting locally-developed technologies.'