# The South African Wind Energy Association says the scaling of wind energy lies not only in technology or investment appetite, but in the capacity of the national transmission grid as the backbone of the country’s power system. Private sector investment in renewable energy projects is projected to reach 132-billion-rand by 2030 in South Africa. This surge will add six-gigawatts of solar photovoltaic and 3.5 gigawatts of wind capacity to the national grid. The association says the real enabler of South Africa’s renewable future is the Transmission Development Plan.
SA Wind Energy Association emphasises importance of the Transmission Development Plan