Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says loadshedding has cost the province between R48.6 billion and R61.2 billion in real GDP since it started in 2007., Winde noted that small, medium and micro enterprises have ‘borne the brunt of the energy crisis’, resulting in up to R61.2 billion losses in real gross domestic product .
‘Over and above the more high-level interventions we are leading, we have also been handing out load shedding relief kits to Western Cape Department of Social development-funded facilities, like gender-based violence shelters and school learners,’ Winde said. Western Cape municipalities have registered 220MW of small-scale embedded generation , including an estimated 835MW of solar PV
‘The WCG and municipality are currently evaluating the bid and within the next few weeks we should be able to announce a successful bidder for that project,’ Lester adds.Phase 2: An additional 6MW solar plant with 2MWh battery storage