. Country's requirements for base load electricity production . Ensuring that IDZ minimise transmission losses and serve as anchor for the electricity transmission network in the Province . Provides primary energy and technology diversification which uses cleaner and more efficient fuel . Ensuring that there is development in the NMBM & IDZ . Job creation (backward and forward linkages) . Ensuring that IDZ produce own petrochemical cluster and not reliant on imports . Meeting SA Renewable Energy Commitments towards climate change & carbon emission reduction . Contribution towards Rural Development Targets - electrification programmes . Creation of new industries and green technologies in SA . Linkages with the agricultural sector