. The Department of Energy to urgently consider challenges of the complex and expensive bidding process, BBBEE policies, job creation, skills transfer and work with other departments to address such challenges; . The Department of Energy to try and reverse the lack of initiatives to take advantage of the opportunities to increase local content had to be addressed as a matter of urgency; The Department of Energy to ensure focus must be on the establishment of a local manufacturing renewable energy industry particularly achieve a 60 percent local content target; . The Department of Energy to closely monitor skills transfer which is also paramount; . The Department of Energy to ensure the 2.1 percent of project costs that are earmarked for socio-economic development are strictly adhered to - such must include clear guidelines on how this money should be spent; . The Department of Energy should motivate South African bidders such that there are more local participants during subsequent phases beyond windows 1 and 2; . The Department of Energy to work more intensively with Department of Economic Development and the Department of Trade and Industry on the job creation aspect of the programme; . The Department of Energy to mobilize provincial Development Financiers to enhance their contribution on the renewable energy programme . The Department of Energy to ensure that spending on research and development, not only in renewable energy technology but also on the development of new products be enhanced including working with SANEDI, universities and the renewable energy industry to minimize the critical research gap that requires funding.