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Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe
NATIONAL NEWS - Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe says the department’s interventions have helped ensure that Eskom deals with its energy capacity shortages.
The Minister said this when he tabled the department’s budget vote during a mini plenary of the National Assembly on Tuesday.
“In 2020, we committed to interventions to deal with electricity supply shortages. We undertook to rapidly increase energy generation capacity outside of Eskom.”
To date, the department has managed to implement a number of interventions, including:
The connection of 1 200 megawatts to the grid from projects signed under bid window 4 of the IPP Programme, with the remaining 1 000 megawatts planned to connect by not later than December 2021;
Speaking during the departmentâs virtual budget vote, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe said the government had undertaken an environmental impact assessment study for three gas-to-power plants of 1000 megawatts (MW) each to enable gas-to-power projects in special economic zones. Photo: Jacques Naude African News Agency (ANA)
SA to upscale LNG potential in energy mix
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JOHANNESBURG - THE DEPARTMENT of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) said the government was scaling up the countryâs liquefied natural gas (LNG) potential as part of pursuing a diversified energy mix that moves away from fossil fuels.
Speaking during the departmentâs virtual budget vote, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe said the government had undertaken an environmental impact assessment study for three gas-to-power plants of 1000 megawatts (MW) each to enable gas-to-power projects in special economic zones.
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The prime minister, in response to a question, said the previous rulers instead of initiating dams and hydropower projects opted to take an easy path of signing expensive power generation contracts with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and made money through commissions and kickbacks
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th May, 2021 ) :The prime minister, in response to a question, said the previous rulers instead of initiating dams and hydropower projects opted to take an easy path of signing expensive power generation contracts with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and made money through commissions and kickbacks.