{"id":19601,"date":"2013-05-03T12:35:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T10:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/coega-the-renewable-energy-hub\/"},"modified":"2013-05-03T12:35:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T10:35:01","slug":"coega-the-renewable-energy-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/coega-the-renewable-energy-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Coega \u2013 the renewable energy hub"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Recent investments in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) are bringing to reality long-held organisational objectives around developing Coega as the Eastern Cape\u2019s renewable energy hub, the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) said today.<\/p>\n

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Electrawinds\u2019 first wind turbine in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) is the first of many that will come online at Coega over the next two to four years.<\/p>\n

This after the DCD Wind Towers broke ground on their wind turbine manufacturing plant in Zone 3 of the Coega IDZ.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Coega IDZ \u2013 including the Port of Ngqura \u2013 is set to become the nexus through which renewable energy parts and sector logistics are coordinated and managed for the entire province,\u201d said Sandisiwe Ncemane, CDC business development manager in the energy sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have worked long and hard to create an environment in which renewable energy \u2013 from end to end \u2013 could both flourish at and be facilitated by Coega. This is becoming a hard-won reality as investment in this sector grows not only within the boundaries of the Coega IDZ, but throughout the province.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Eastern Cape has significant resource potential in terms of renewable energy generation, with exceptional wind conditions by international standards, good solar conditions, as well as substantial potential for energy from the biomass and biofuels sectors. These locational assets have positioned the province as a major site for sustainable energy investment and implementation.<\/p>\n

The socio-economic impacts also make the sector a point of focus in government strategies: \u201cAt Coega alone the estimated value of the pipeline investments amounts to approximately R3-billion, with these wind and solar investments set to create thousands of jobs, about 6000 direct and 5000 indirect over the course of construction and operation,\u201d said Ncemane.<\/p>\n

Currently Coega has 20 operational investors, with five investors currently under construction and an additional two \u2013 including DCD Wind Towers \u2013 about to commence. An additional three investors \u2013 AfriSam (SA), AMG (China), Casa Steel (SA) \u2013 are underway with environmental impact assessments.<\/p>\n

The basket of renewable energy investors include Electrawinds, Universal Wind, Innowind, EAB Astrum, and biofuels (Phyto Energy).<\/p>\n

The Coega IDZ Renewable Energy business sector is uniquely geared to offer the best solutions for renewable energy and abundant opportunities in Wind Energy, Photovoltaic, Biomass-to-Energy development.<\/p>\n

Its positioning features include abundant land, connection to the Eskom grid via over 30 substations within the IDZ, proximity to logistics solutions like the port, a lay down area within the IDZ designated for wind turbine components, custom built warehouses to manufacture the green technologies components, green technology incentives and other IDZ specific incentives provided by the Department of Trade and Industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy next year the landscape of Coega IDZ will have morphed completely and will be home to a minimum of 30 operating investors,\u201d added Ncemane. \u201cCoupled with sustained investment attraction underway, the future looks bright and green.\u201d<\/p>\n

Electrawinds\u2019 first wind turbine in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) is the first of many that will come online at Coega over the next two to four years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recent investments in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) are bringing to reality long-held organisational objectives around developing Coega as the Eastern Cape\u2019s renewable energy hub, the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) said today. Electrawinds\u2019 first wind turbine in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) is the first of many that will come online at Coega […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-19601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mype","8":"tag-port-elizabeth-2","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}