Eskom says South Africa must add 53GW of renewable electricity generation capacity to the grid over the next ten years to ensure the country’s energy security.
“This 53GW new additional power includes the current deficit of between 4,000MW and 6,000MW,” Eskom said. The power utility noted that the plan is a significant revision of that outlined in the TDP for 2021, which was based on the Integrated Resource Plan of 2019 and proposed 30GW of new capacity by 2030.“Given uncertainty in the longer term, and noting that the Integrated Resources Plan, as a policy document, is currently being updated, Eskom is placing a strong focus on the implementation of projects over the next five years,” it said.
“Of this amount, R50.8 billion is required for new capacity expansion projects to meet the reliability requirements, connection of new generation capacity and loads, as well as to acquire servitudes,” he said. However, 15 years down the line, the power stations still aren’t fully operational, and Eskom recently revealed that it would cost around R33 billion more and take another four years to complete the power stations.
What clowns have been running the show? 😂
IPPs will do it in 5 years. Private sector will bail out that government. Again