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2018 at a tariff of 0.65 R/kWh will win against another wind project with COD in Dec 2019 at a tariff of 0.60 R/kWh (because the difference
chance of winning against very large projects, because they can get connected to the grid earlier.
According to the IRP 2010, 8400MW of solar powered electricity capacity is planned for installation until 2030.
3.2 Analysis of options for future allocation of Solar PV farms in South Africa, GIZ-SAGEN: According to the IRP 2010, 8400MW of solar powered electricity capacity is planned for installation until 2030. Although the IRP does not specify whether these will be small or utility scale projects, the dominant trend so far is that many utility scale solar projects have taken off and are located in the Northern Cape Province within the so-called “Solar Corridor� where some of the highest solar irradiation levels in the country are found. In general however, solar irradiation levels across the entire country are relatively high
of 5 c/kWh is less than the NPV difference of 6 c/kWh for the year). Introducing this into the existing evaluation mechanism has the additional positive effect that smaller, more distributed projects close to existing grid infrastructure have a
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