A REGIONAL OVERVIEW OF THE NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE The world’s most sophisticated technology has come to the Northern Cape in the shape of the largest radio telescope project ever built and the latest in concentrated solar energy plants. Big plans for a deep-water port and a Special Economic Zone hold more promise of diversification and growth. By John Young Mining and agriculture are still enormously important sectors for the province, but renewable energy is growing very fast indeed. The number of solar plants that were developed (and delivered on time) in the Northern Cape in the last five years is truly phenomenal. In the nationally-run process to encourage the private sector to invest in renewable energy, fully 60% of the projects so far approved have been allocated to the Northern Cape. This represents 66% of the nearly R200-billion invested or pledged to date. The Northern Cape is particularly well-suited to solar energy installations and both of the main technologies (photo-voltaic and concentrated solar power or CSP) are being installed all over the province. The towns of Upington and De Aar are seen as possible future hubs for the further development of solar powerrelated industry.
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