Gwede spurns shift to renewables - TechCentral

said expecting a rapid transition from its dependence on coal-fired power generation to clean energy would be “very wrong”, and South Africa will need to use the fossil fuel for longer to address an electricity shortage.

Mantashe’s reiteration of his view that coal will continue to play a vital role in the country’s energy mix comes as wealthy nations look for ways to invest in technologies that help decarbonise the country. Mantashe said clean-energy technologies that rely on intermittent factors like sunshine or wind are less reliable than coal plants that are able to run 24 hours a day.“This belief that you can leave coal and move to renewables: there’s a technical mistake, very wrong, it will never work,” he said in an interview.is struggling to meet demand for power mainly because its coal-fired plants are unreliable and keep breaking down, resulting in load shedding of up to 12 hours a day.

“Coal is going to be around for a long time; for a longer time than many people expect it will be,” he said.Mantashe, who is also the chairman of the ANC, conceded that the party has made key mistakes in the energy sector during its 30 years in power — specifically on delays in building new power plants and the flawed design that was used when they were built.“That is one of those mistakes and we are learning out of it,” he said.

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