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Green energy go-ahead
Government rhetoric about state involvement in promoting green industries is finally translating into action. The trade and industry department's new industrial policy action plan (IPAP) for 2011 to 2014 lays heavy emphasis on the state's role in developing renewable energy sectors.Launched this week, the plan sets targets of creating 43 000 direct jobs and 86 000 indirect jobs in the next three years.
The department claims that the previous policy, IPAP 2, led to investment commitments of R13-billion in the automotive sector, which supports 24 000 jobs. The department says the clothing textile competitive programme and the production incentive had been taken up by 106 and 94 companies respectively, protecting sectors that are struggling against cheap overseas imports.
In business process outsourcing, investments totalling R40-million have resulted in 950 new jobs, it says.
New sectors singled out for state support in the plan are boatbuilding and oil and gas servicing. But the key focus appears to be green industries in general and renewable energy in particular, which are cited as being among the fastest-growing industries worldwide, with an annual growth rate of 30% or more.
"The green economy is a major new thrust for the South African economy, which presents multiple opportunities to create jobs and value-adding industries," according to the IPAP document.
"Success in the large-scale development of renewables could realise direct economic benefits of up to 50 000 jobs and $55-billion in green investment in the next 15 years," it adds, which could also lead to R11,2-billion in exports.
Source: Mail & Guardian. May 2nd 2011