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Solar steam powers homes – and new jobs – in South Africa

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RENEWABLE ENERGY
South Africa may still get most of its energy from coal, but in the country’s sunny Northern Cape province, a different electricity source is taking hold: solar steam. A Spanish renewable energy company has opened three thermal solar plants – which use the sun’s heat to create electricity - in the province.
 
 
 
 
 

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