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US Agency to Provide Grant to Support Rooftop Solar Plans for Western Cape Government

11 September 2013

Erica Barks-Ruggles, Cape Town’s US Consul General and Francois du Plessis, Green Cape CEO under the auspices of the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA) and the Western Cape Government’s (WCG) Department of Transport and Public Works, signed a grant agreement today to evaluate the feasibility of a solar project for the generation of renewable energy in Cape Town. 

Robin Carlisle, Minister of Transport and Public Works, witnessed the signing.

Read the media release issued by Media Advisory: Embassy of the United States.

Media Enquiries: 

Petro Mayoss
United States Consulate General
Tel: 021 702 7445
Cell: 071 605 8756
E-mail: mayosspj@state.gov

Jane Carpenter-Rock
United States Consulate General
Ministry of Transport and Public Works
Tel: 021 702 7325
Cell: 079 111 0948
E-mail: carpenterjh@state.gov

Siphesihle Dube
Spokesperson for Robin Carlisle, Minister of Transport and Public Works
Ministry of Transport and Public Works
Tel: 021 483 8954
Cell: 084 233 3811
E-mail: siphesihle.dube@westerncape.gov.za