Cape Town’s innovative energy initiatives have gained global recognition, including a recent visit by the World Bank’s Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa to the Steenbras Hydro Pumped Storage Scheme. With plans to boost loadshedding protection and substantial infrastructure investment, the city is setting out on a tenyear journey to create the “City of Hope”. The city’s power supply diversification initiatives include LPUs curtailment, Embedded IPP renewable energy, and a Dispatchable IPP Programme, among others. The World Bank has extended invaluable support to Cape Town, providing pinpointed technical assistance to several departments, including Energy, Future Planning and Resilience, and Water and Sanitation.
