South Africa targets 400MW of wind energy within three years

South Africa would seek to ensure the commissioning of 400 MW of wind power by independent power producers (IPPs) within the next three years, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said.

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) recently approved a renewable energy feed-in tariff, or Refit, for wind, landfill gas, CSP and mini-hydro schemes in support of a stated policy objective of having 10 000GWh of renewable capacity in place by 2013.