In the field of green industries and energy efficiency, during the past year the IDC had approved R33 million to determine the feasibility of establishing up to 450MW of solar generating capacity in the Northern Cape, and R16,5 million for a company specialising in the production of organic composted products. The strategy of supporting clean power generation being carried through to the rest of Africa, was implemented with approval for IDC participation in a wind power generation project in Kenya. A feasibility study undertaken for the establishment of a fluorescent light bulb recycling plant was also conducted. In the review period, feasibility studies had been concluded on two scrap metal processing plants and a mine acid water recycling project, while two potential projects involving biomass to energy conversion had been identified.