South Africa’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has launched the sixth round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) to purchase 1 GW of PV and 1.6 GW of wind capacity.

In the sixth round of REIPPPP, the authorities want to allocate 1 GW of utility-scale solar and 1.6 GW of wind to developers. Interested companies have until April 12 to download the relevant documents to participate in the auction.
The procurement campaign is part of a tender programme for nearly 12 GW of capacity and follows South Africa's latest Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The IRP aims to achieve up to 6 GW of new large-scale solar generation, and up to 6 GW of distributed photovoltaic capacity by 2030.
Chris Ahlfeldt of Blue Horizon Energy Consulting Services told pv magazine that as South Africa continues to grapple with load shedding, a post-COVID-19 economic recovery and a just transition to coal to meet climate reduction targets, it needs to quickly complete the procurement and procurement of these projects. Grid work. “Transmission capacity constraints in the Northern Cape in Round 5 make it difficult for some developers to do so, so most developers will likely target other provinces in Round 6, potentially extending local socio-economic impacts across the country other areas."
South African authorities launched the fifth round of the REIPPPP scheme in March 2021, with a total of 2.6 GW of renewable energy generation allocated across 25 projects ranging in size from 75 MW to 140 MW.
In this round, the lowest bid price for a 124 MW wind power facility to be built in Hantan, Northern Cape, was ZAR 0.34425 (US$ 0.02338). For solar power, the lowest bid for six 75 MW solar parks expected to be built in the Tokologo district in the Lejweleputswa region of the Free State province is ZAR 0.37479.