Cape Town Officials Contract For Green Electricity

Although indistinguishable from their usual power supply, residential consumers will be asked to pay more the cleaner-produced fuel.

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August 4, 2006, 1:28 PM PDT

By davarnado

Officials in Cape Town, South Africa have agreed to buy wind-generated electricity and hope that residential consumers will pay higher prices for it in order to help stop global warming.

"The City...on Thursday signed a 20-year contract to buy wind energy from a yet-to-be-built generating farm at Darling on the West Coast. Mayor Helen Zille said, "ultimately we would like to see Cape Town become one of the world's leaders in sustainable energy."

Thanks to Debra A. Varnado, AICP

FULL STORY: Cape Town goes green and commits to wind energy

Thursday, August 3, 2006 in Cape Town Mail & Guardian Online

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