Energy at the heart of Ramaphosa’s budget vote

  • 📰 TimesLIVE
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 19 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 11%
  • Publisher: 59%

Australia Australia Headlines News

At the heart of his presentation was South Africa's electricity energy crisis. Ramaphosa said “as we face some of the most difficult and severe challenges” since the dawn of democracy, everyone must join in to make a difference.

Ramaphosa said: “The situation will improve as we return these units to service towards the end of this year. Until then, our best hope of limiting the severity of load-shedding is to reduce demand on the grid.

"We will stick to our commitment to reduce our carbon emissions by 2030 to within a target range, which, at its upper level, is compatible with limiting global temperature increase to 1.5ºC."He said where necessary, it may be necessary to delay the decommissioning coal-fired power stations temporarily to address our electricity supply shortfall.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 28. in AU

Australia Australia Latest News, Australia Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Ramaphosa’s advisors urge South Africa to turn away from coalDespite energy officials banking on coal to solve South Africa’s power crisis – the presidential climate commission urges a sharp turn away from fossil fuels.
Source: BusinessTechSA - 🏆 24. / 61 Read more »