South Africa is exploring ways to utilize green energy to operate the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) telescope for data collection and processing – with completion anticipated for 2020.
Officially unveiling the 2009 International SKA Forum in Cape Town, Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena said, "South Africa is extensively involved in renewable energy research, and we will be looking at methods to use green energy for the telescope."
The SKA will be the biggest telescope in the world and will enable South African scientists to conduct breakthrough science and it will be located in the Northern Cape.