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Article: SOUTH AFRICA: CAPE TOWN MAY MANDATE USE OF SOLAR POWER.
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- Interpress Service
- Article date:
- July 6, 2007
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By Gail Jennings /IFEJ
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jul. 4, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Lawmakers from the South African city of Cape Town have proposed a bylaw that would require many new buildings to heat at least 60 percent of their water using solar power.
Under the proposed bylaw -- the first of its kind in South Africa -- most new buildings with a value of more than about $70,000 would be required to comply with the solar power rule. Buildings undergoing renovations would also be subject to the rule.
The city's 2005 "Energy and Climate Change Strategy" has set a target of having 10 percent of all city households using solar water heating by 2010.
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