Questions over Transparency in Renewable Energy Land Deals – The Mail & Guardian

Questions over transparency in renewable energy land deals – The Mail & Guardian

Local entrepreneur Anthony Olifant: ‘Our community is relatively short of land. When renewable energy plants come in, land is immediately available [to them]. But when our small farmers and entrepreneurs look for land, it is not there.’ Across South Africa, municipal and other public land is being leased to renewable energy developers under long-term agreements.  How these deals are structured, and who ultimately benefits, remains unclear. Quest…

Inside renewable energy land deals

Long-term leases turn public land into corporate profit, but how are these deals structured, and are communities seeing their share? #PowerTracker investigates Investigation: Thabo Molelekwa Data & PAIA research: Roxanne Joseph Photos & videos: Motlatsi Mofokeng The #PowerTracker team visited the De Aar Solar Power project, situated on municipal land leased land to Globeleq, an international renewable energy company, for solar power projects Loc…