Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his intention to deepen collaboration with Portugal, particularly in the field of energy.
Ramaphosa, who was on Tuesday hosting Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in Pretoria, praised Portugal for its pioneering efforts in renewable energy deployment and expressed a desire to discuss best practices, technology transfer, and investment opportunities in the sector.
“We were very impressed to hear how Portugal had been able to achieve energy security largely by utilising various other forms of energy sources, particularly the renewable ones.
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“Portugal is one of the leaders in Europe in the deployment of renewable energy and we discussed opportunities for sharing best practice, for sharing investment in technology transfer and skills development,” said Ramaphosa.
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