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Switching on a Brighter Future in South Africa
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Switching on a Brighter Future in South Africa

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Aug 29, 2022

Increasing the use of renewables is a challenging target – enter the solar boom – a way of exploiting nature’s most abandoned natural resource to provide viable solutions to energy problems all around the world. But how can its potential be leveraged to bring power to households and reduce carbon emissions? The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) uncovers the science behind the scenes. Increasing the use of renewables is a challenging target – enter the solar boom – a way of exploiting nature’s most abandoned natural resource to provide viable solutions to energy problems all around the world. But how can its potential be leveraged to bring power to households and reduce carbon emissions? The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) uncovers the science behind the scenes.

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South Africa’s Green Energy Ambition
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South Africa’s Green Energy Ambition

Africa’s largest power producer is buying into solar, wind and hydro projects as part of efforts to change the energy mix and spur on large-scale investments. While South Africa remains heavily reliant on coal-fired fuels, an innovative financing package helped construct the first concentrated-solar power (CSP) plants in a developing country – a technology that’s boosting economic growth, minimizing carbon dioxide emissions and giving people long-term sustainability. The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has this story on how communities are being shaped from the classroom upwards – by granting prospects for individuals to gain steady jobs with exciting career prospects.

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Scaling-up solar power in South Africa’s Northern Cape
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Scaling-up solar power in South Africa’s Northern Cape

South Africa was the first country in the developing world to adopt concentrated-solar power (CSP) technology. Supported by concessional climate finance, these plants use innovative solutions to produce and store energy that can be dispatched on the grid at peak times or when the sun isn’t shining. The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) travels to one of the most remote places on the planet to find out how a decade of investing in renewable energy projects is transforming lives and livelihoods.

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Advancing clean energy initiatives to generate jobs
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Advancing clean energy initiatives to generate jobs

We know that green energy programs are needed to protect both planet and people from the threats of climate change. The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) travels to South Africa’s Northern Cape to explore how a solar power plant is cutting down carbon emissions, protecting the environment and safeguarding local communities – all while creating careers to provide prospects for local populations.

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Empowering communities via renewables
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Empowering communities via renewables

Ten years into its existence, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) is committed to advancing clean technologies, facilitating energy access and building resilience. In the latest in our series of films from South Africa, we look at how providing educational opportunities and granting infrastructure to some of the poorest and most marginalized communities can provide prospects and solutions for adaptive resilience. Here young people tell their stories on how hope is on the horizon.

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Solar power initiatives spark job boom in South Africa
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Solar power initiatives spark job boom in South Africa

Expanding climate finance initiatives holds the capacity to change lives and shape sustainable futures by creating jobs for young people, who would otherwise struggle to find a place in the global job market. The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) stands at the forefront of pioneering projects, because there’s no under-estimating the power of renewables to combat climate change – this comes hand-in hand with boosting power supplies to fuel economic growth.

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