Cape Town will pay residential households for excess power that they generate from their solar installations.
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The first electrons of clean energy have been wheeled over Cape Town’s grid by Growthpoint Properties and Etana Energy.
Cape Town plans to spend almost R1-billion in three years on safety technologies, including bodycams.
Cape Town has set a record for the number of applications received to install solar power as the electricity crisis worsens.
The City of Cape Town is in talks with Eskom to take over the supply of electricity across the metro.
The City of Cape Town is combining gunshot detection technology and drones to pinpoint gun violence and rapidly deploy police.
Cape Town is planning a R1.2-billion solar PV project that it hopes will protect it from one full stage of load shedding.
The city has published a tender to build a grid-tied solar plant next year as it moves to shield its residents from the impact of load shedding.
Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis on Monday published a 10-point plan that he said would go a long way to resolving South Africa’s energy crisis.
As government struggles to provide sufficient electricity, public transport and other basic services, the country’s main tourist hub is increasingly going it alone.