Building on the collaborative momentum of Day 0, which united industry and Government around localisation and human-centred renewable energy development. Day 1 of Windaba 2025 opened with a decisive call to action from Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Delivering the keynote address, he laid out South Africa’s blueprint for an inclusive, secure, and sustainable energy future - one driven by reform, industrialisation, and partnerships.

Day 0 of Windaba 2025 kicked off yesterday with a united call to action to move South Africa’s renewable energy ambitions from policy to practice through collaboration, localisation, and human-centred development. Hosted by the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC2), this year’s conference, themed “Break the Gridlock! Wire for Growth!”, brings together government leaders, investors, developers, and civil society partners to accelerate the next phase of wind energy growth and inclusion.

Two leading local energy companies – developer Red Cap Energy and independent power producer (IPP) Anthem – have partnered to build a 720-megawatt (MW) wind farm in the upper Karoo region of the Western Cape. The development has secured grid capacity allocation, as well as registration with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) – with a 100-kilometres (km) transmission line permitted to connect the renewable energy projects to the grid. Once constructed, this will be South Africa’s largest private wind farm to date.

Energy Exchange of Southern Africa (EXSA) has partnered with Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS) on SlimSun Too Solar IPP, a landmark solar project set to deliver clean, affordable energy into South Africa’s grid.  

“The Paris Agreement has reshaped the world’s future”, French Ambassador to South Africa David Martinon said, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the legally binding international treaty on climate change.