Practitioner's Insights: Large-scale Chinese-built wind power projects in S.Africa turn stable, abundant electricity supply for locals from luxury into reality
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Editor's Note:This year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).
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Editor's Note:This year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).
Why it matters
Over the past 25 years, the relationship between China and Africa has achieved a leapfrog development from a "new type of partnership" established at the first FOCAC Ministerial Meeting, to a "new type of strategic partnership," then a "comprehensive…
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From the "10 cooperation plans," "eight major initiatives," and "nine programs" to the "10 partnership actions," solid blueprints have been implemented one after another and key projects have been delivered and borne fruits.
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Read the original article: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/1349428.shtml
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“This year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).”
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“Chinese President Xi Jinping's keynote address at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in 2024 has been included in the Volume V of the book series Xi Jinping: The Governance of China.”
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“President Xi said that China and Africa's joint pursuit of modernization will set off a wave of modernization in the Global South, and open a new chapter in building a community with a shared future for humanity.”
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“In June, President Xi sent a congratulatory letter to the Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the FOCAC.”
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“The Global Times (GT), along with the People's Daily Overseas Edition, continues to invite Chinese and foreign scholars, translators of Xi's works, practitioners with firsthand experience, and international readers to discuss the theme of "joining hands to build an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era, and contribute to building a community with a shared future for humanity," exploring the important practical significance and value of this concept.”
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“In the 16th installment of the "Practitioner's Insights" column, Global Times spotlights how Chinese-invested wind power projects in South Africa have helped resolve the country's chronic power shortages, delivering stable electricity to more households, opened doors for young South Africans to master cutting-edge technology, and put the China-Africa shared future into vivid practice.”
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“Roughly 750 kilometers northeast of Cape Town, South Africa's legislative capital, near the town of De Aar in the wind-rich Northern Cape Province, a "white forest" of giant wind turbines rises from the open plain.”
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“In the Northern Cape, the De Aar wind power project, with its 163 turbines of 1.5 MW each, has become a new landmark on South Africa's green-energy map.”
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“The Global Times learned from the project's investor Longyuan South Africa Renewables Ltd (Longyuan SA), a wholly owned subsidiary of China Energy Investment Group's (CHN Energy) Longyuan Power Group Corporation Ltd, the project supplies the national grid with approximately 770 million kWh of clean electricity every year, easing South Africa's chronic power shortages and turning reliable electricity for 300,000 households from a distant luxury into an everyday reality.”
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“The 20th Group of 20 (G20) Summit opened in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22.”
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“In 2022, the country [South Africa] suffered a record 207 days of blackouts, with some areas losing power for more than 10 hours a day.”
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“The South African Reserve Bank estimated daily losses of around 500 million rand ($29.2 million) due to the power crisis.”
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“In February 2023, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster over electricity and has announced Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa as the new Minister in the Presidency for Electricity.”
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“South Africa and China signed deals in 2023 covering emissions technology, electricity transmission and distribution, and nuclear power on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South Africa.”
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