Bureaucracy hampering quick action on energy crisis, says presidency DG Phindile Baleni: Director-general in the presidency Phindile Baleni says bureaucracy makes it difficult for the government to respond in an “agile manner” to the energy crisis.
“Eskom is also working to connect Kusile unit 5 to the grid by July this year and restore other units at Medupi, Kusile and Koeberg with significant capacity. As these measures take effect, the supply will significantly improve.”
Ramaphosa’s plan is focused on fixing Eskom, improving performance of power stations and adding new generation capacity as quickly as possible.“Since we raised the licensing threshold in July 2021, there are more than 100 projects in the pipeline with more than 9,000MW of capacity. We expect the first of these projects to connect to the grid by the end of this year.
“We have signed project agreements from bid windows 5 and 6 of the renewable energy programme, which will together generate about 2,800MW. These projects will soon proceed to construction. “Since the announcement in July last year, an additional 300MW has been imported through the Southern African Power Pool and negotiations are under way to secure a potential 1,000MW from neighbouring countries starting this year.”
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