South Africa was the first country in the developing world to adopt concentrated-solar power (CSP) technology. Supported by concessional climate finance, these plants use innovative solutions to produce and store energy that can be dispatched on the grid at peak times or when the sun isn’t shining. The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) travels to one of the most remote places on the planet to find out how a decade of investing in renewable energy projects is transforming lives and livelihoods.
