Countries with smaller scale economies that may not have access
to the capital required to build their own power generation
infrastructure have had to rely on imported energy from their
neighbours with large established power generation infrastructure
and facilities.
This includes the likes of Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland,
Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique and Zambia, all of whom buy
electricity from Eskom, and are also vulnerable to the vagaries of
the power producer's load-shedding issues.
Welcoming investment into the development of renewable energy
products, whether wind or solar PV based, could see these countries
move towards being less dependent on neighbours that supply them
with energy. In turn, energy would cost less, and the greenfields
nature of such developments could mean that they would be designed
optimally to meet the needs of local populations.
