Renewable energy rollout boost Johannesburg Cape Town

While the long-awaited renewable energy feed-in tariff (Refit) aimed at stimulating investment in the sector remains in limbo, an environmental project has secured funding from the German government to set up renewable energy demonstration sites at 10 public areas in South Africa. Sites include the Johannesburg and Pretoria Zoos and the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, as well as NGOs and institutions in Limpopo and KwaZulu Natal. Once completed by July this year, the initiative, will save approximately 200 tonnes of CO2 emission per year.Run by environmental initiative Project 90×2030, who received R5 million in funding from the German Ministry of Cooperation (BMZ) in October last year, the project also aims to demystify renewable energy generation for the public

source: westcapenews.com