South Africa is one of the best located regions for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) with some of the highest levels of Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) in the world. The Northern Cape region of the country experiences levels of more than 2 900 kWh/m2, significantly more than some of the other CSP hot spots such as Spain and Southern California in the USA and the Department of Energy's (DoE) Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) allows for 1 GW of CSP of a total of 18 GW to be delivered from renewables by 2030.