Mineral resources & energy minister Gwede Mantashe says the Integrated Resource Plan , the government’s long-term plan for meeting electricity demand, will have to make provision for all technologies, including coal, nuclear, hydro energy, gas and renewable energy.
However, the inclusion of additional allocations for generation by coal, hydro power and nuclear energy indicate that an ANC commitment made by its national executive committee two weeks ago for a “least-cost IRP plan” will not find expression in the final document. Instead, the guiding principle will be to seek a balanced energy mix “at a scale and pace that the country can afford”.
Speaking at the Association of Municipal Electricity Utilities convention in Cape Town on Tuesday, Mantashe said the rationale for including all technologies in the energy mix was the need for a secure supply of electricity. “I want us to look at the combination of technologies and ensure that there is security of supply,” he said.
ANC is stuck on Nuclear. If it ever realize, I just pray Eskom wouldn’t run it. Just imagine headline. Loadshedding - Nuclear meltdown
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