The 2012 Solar South Africa Survey

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* 1. What is your role in the South African solar industry?

Developer

Technology Provider

EPC

Investor

Advisor/ Consultant/ Analyst

Researcher

Policy

- Other (please specify)

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Do you think the REIPPP is a solid program that will achieve its goals?

Yes, the South African market looks a lot more promising than many other solar markets

To some extent but there are still a few improvements to be made

Not really, there are a lot of faults which hinder progress

Not at all, the framework needs to be changed

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* 3. PV has been given a much larger allocation than CSP. Do you think this trend will continue?

Yes

Why?

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* 4. To what extent do you think the following factors have been the reason behind failure of a large portion of bids?

	Inability to reach local content criteria	Poor structuring of projects rendering them unbankable	Poor financial environment and lack of capital	Bureaucracy in the process	Inexperience of bidders	Tight time constraints
A high impact	A high impact Inability to reach local content criteria	A high impact Poor structuring of projects rendering them unbankable	A high impact Poor financial environment and lack of capital	A high impact Bureaucracy in the process	A high impact Inexperience of bidders	A high impact Tight time constraints
Some impact	Some impact Inability to reach local content criteria	Some impact Poor structuring of projects rendering them unbankable	Some impact Poor financial environment and lack of capital	Some impact Bureaucracy in the process	Some impact Inexperience of bidders	Some impact Tight time constraints
Unsure	Unsure Inability to reach local content criteria	Unsure Poor structuring of projects rendering them unbankable	Unsure Poor financial environment and lack of capital	Unsure Bureaucracy in the process	Unsure Inexperience of bidders	Unsure Tight time constraints
No impact at all	No impact at all Inability to reach local content criteria	No impact at all Poor structuring of projects rendering them unbankable	No impact at all Poor financial environment and lack of capital	No impact at all Bureaucracy in the process	No impact at all Inexperience of bidders	No impact at all Tight time constraints

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* 5. What is the most significant challenge when considering if a project should be financed?

Evaluating risks

The volume of proposals received

Conducting due diligence

Assessing ROIs

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What is your key concern for development of the industry over the next 5 years?

Lack of necessary expertise amongst local workforce

Difficulty in accessing finance

Poor infrastructure

Lack of policy support to maintain industry momentum

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* 7. How long will it take to develop a fully operational local industry and meet jobs and economic development targets?

1-4 years

5-9 years

10+ years

Never

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* 8. What are you most looking forward to at the Solar South Africa event?

Learning how developers managed to succeed in the first and second rounds of the IPP

Meet investors looking for projects to fund

Networking and making contacts

Hearing from the government and energy regulator

Other (please specify)

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* 9. To receive the results of the survey please fill in your details below

Name

Job Title

Company

Country

Tel

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* 10. Please send me more infomation about

Delegate registration

Sponsorship & exhibition opportunities

Speaking at the congress