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Solar thermal technologies: Clean fit for food and beverage industries

In an era of uncertainty when it comes to both power supply and pricing, solar thermal technologies are well suited to provide South Africa’s food and beverage industries certainty in both supply and costs.

This document presents a business case for the use of solar thermal technology within SA’s agri-processing industries, arguing that South Africa’s rising energy costs and high solar potential combine to present solar thermal as a key opportunity to reduce energy costs and carbon footprints while helping to ensure compliance with future carbon budgets.

The paper further looks at the case for investment, socio-economic benefits and implications in terms of future carbon budgeting as well as barriers and drivers of solar thermal uptake in South Africa.

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