Mayor announces opening of City’s independent power procurement process
16 February 2022
This morning, I was pleased to announce that the City of Cape Town is opening its first round of procurement of power from independent power producers. The tender documents are available on the City’s website. I made this announcement during the opening plenary of the Solar Power Africa conference, currently taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
Over the coming months, the City of Cape Town will procure up to 300MW of renewable energy.
The City will be considering proposals from IPPs for projects between 5–20MW that will allow us to access an affordable and reliable electricity supply, especially those that are able to help us reduce our reliance on Eskom during peak times of use. We will consider proposals from a range of projects, including generation-only projects, generation-plus-storage projects, and storage-only projects.
During the plenary, I asked Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe whether the national government is committed to opening the way for municipal generation. The Minister’s response was that his department “would not stand in Cape Town’s way”.
