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Article: SOUTH AFRICA: CAPE TOWN MAY MANDATE USE OF SOLAR POWER
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- July 6, 2007
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Gail Jennings /IFEJ
Inter Press Service English News Wire
07-06-2007
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.
Solar ...