A public-private partnership (PPP) between the Central Energy Fund and the National Empowerment Fund, and private investors, such as petrochemicals giant Sasol and the University of Johannesburg (UJ), has been set up to commercialise superthin solar technology in South Africa, as well as in Germany.

UJ department of physics professor Vivian Alberts said on Monday that Thin Film Solar Technology (TFST) had procured land in the Western Cape to build a facility that will produce thin-film solar modules.

Late last year, the European Investment Bank announced that it had agreed to invest €40-million in the South African plant, which will be located in Paarl.
Source: Engineeringnews