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groundWork 2021 News - Final nail in the coffin for proposed Khanyisa Coal Power Station

groundWork 2021 News - Final nail in the coffin for proposed Khanyisa Coal Power Station
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South Africa: Final Nail in the Coffin for ACWA Power's Planned 600MW Khanyisa Coal Power Station

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In an order dated 27 May 2021 handed down today, the Pretoria High Court in South Africa declared that the environmental approval for the planned 600MW Khanyisa coal-fired power station has expired.
Khanyisa would have been built on the outskirts of Emalahleni, already plagued by toxic air pollution.
The
court orderis effectively the final nail in the coffin for the proposed coal plant – backed by Saudi company ACWA Power – which has met countless legal and other hurdles since its inception.
The ruling came as a result of a legal challenge to the project’s environmental authorisation by environmental justice group ....

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