POWER CRISIS: How Western Cape can go 100% renewable and solve rolling blackouts – energy analyst

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Is it possible that building more solar, wind and battery storage than necessary will not only provide the Western Cape with 100% reliable energy generation, but the surplus could be sold to the rest of the country, solving the problem of load shedding?

by Julia Evans, Daily MaverickHow Western Cape can go 100% renewable and solve rolling blackouts – energy analyst by Julia Evans, Daily Maverick December 1, 2022 “Do you think the rest of South Africa would be keen to get a load of 15 terawatt-hours of superpower emanating from the Western Cape – yes or no?” This was the question posed by energy analyst Clyde Mallinson while speaking at one of the Overberg Geology Group’s green energy sessions earlier this month, where he presented his solution...

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