South Africa turns to private sector.(Power Supply)

African Review of Business and Technology,  September, 2006  

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN Government is well on its way to introducing private sector participation in the country's power sector with the recent launch of the request for proposals (RFP) for two new open-cycle gas turbine power plants. This will establish a framework for future independent power producer (IPP) projects in a region rapidly running out of reserve generation capacity.

The high economic growth experienced over the past decade in South Africa has highlighted the need for substantial and sustained investment in new generation capacity in the region--a need which the South ...

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