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With the national utility Eskom recently implementing stage six load shedding, H.E. President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a five-step action plan to increase power generation, stabilize the grid and end load shedding once and for all in South Africa.
Minerals Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe reported on Thursday that the Integrated Resource Plan of 2019 (IRP 2019), which is widely acknowledged to be out of date, would be reviewed. However, he said he could not yet provide a timeframe for the publication of the update or indicate what process would be followed.
News that the 25 solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind projects selected late last year as preferred bids would not achieve financial close by the end of April as advertised came as no surprise. There had been murmurings about difficulties in the run-up to the deadline and a precedent for a delay had already been set by the far more controversial Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP), financial close for which having been shifted four times.
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Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele says National Treasury is working to grant Eskom appropriate exemptions for repairs and maintenance