OPINION | As SA battles load shedding, it needs a realistic energy transition
The government will be making a huge mistake by seeking to discard coal in its entirety, without first putting in place proper alternatives, says Robert Kgakoa.
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The government will be making a huge mistake by seeking to discard coal in its entirety, without first putting in place proper alternatives, says Robert Kgakoa.
The government has signed agreements for three projects and 420MW of wind power in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme — but this is out of more than 2,500MW and 25 projects that were meant to be already on the grid this year. With a desperate need for more e...
‘Construction for wind facilities like we signed for today takes about 24 months. So we are expecting this power to be online [by end 2024] – IPP Office's Tshifhiwa Bernard Magoro, with SA Wind Energy Association's Niveshen Govender.
Minister signs renewable energy power procurement programme deal set to boost electricity generation
No knight in shining armour or pretty optics orchestrated by the Presidency will provide a solution.