Gauteng Business 2016 edition
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Green economy<br />
South Africa is without doubt the premier energy innovator of Africa, with renewable<br />
energy projects streets ahead of the developing world, as South Africans explore the<br />
many sustainable options for a better, and certainly brighter future.<br />
in <strong>Gauteng</strong>, while solar panels are<br />
already being used by many state<br />
buildings in the city centre, showing<br />
government’s commitment to<br />
the green economy.<br />
Gas development<br />
One of the main drivers of renewable energy development<br />
has been the Renewable Energy Independent Power<br />
Project Procurement Program (REIPPPP), which, through<br />
serious investment from the Development Bank of South<br />
Africa, together with Independent Power Producers has forged ahead<br />
with numerous wind, gas and solar project in this energy rich area.<br />
<strong>Gauteng</strong> has seen a rise in roof-top solar, with business generating<br />
their own electricity, while putting the power back in their own hands,<br />
after a debilitating spell of load-shedding in 2015, which appears to be<br />
under control in <strong>2016</strong> with new management at Eskom.<br />
At a residential level solar water heaters are being rolled out to<br />
municipalities and solar street and traffic lights were being introduced<br />
The Bronkhorstspruit Biogas Plant<br />
in <strong>Gauteng</strong> is the first commercially<br />
viable biogas project in South<br />
Africa, and powers directly into<br />
the national grid. An independent<br />
commercial enterprise with<br />
an initial life cycle of 20 years, it<br />
will contribute to diversifying the<br />
South African energy mix away<br />
from coal. The project has resulted<br />
in the creation of long-term<br />
direct and indirect employment<br />
in peri-urban South Africa, which<br />
currently experiences high levels<br />
of unemployment.<br />
Meanwhile, Natural gas<br />
Company, Egoli Gas launched its<br />
eight kilometre pipeline, which<br />
will initially deliver 1.5-million<br />
gigajoules of natural gas per year.<br />
The natural gas will be imported<br />
from Mozambique by Sasol and<br />
at full capacity the pipeline will<br />
be able to deliver 2.5-million gigajoules<br />
yearly. The pipeline will run<br />
from Sasol’s pressure reducing<br />
station in Robertsville to MTN’s<br />
14th Avenue Campus, and the gas<br />
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