South Africa needs to install between 3-4 gigawatts (3,000 – 4,000MW) of renewable energy per annum over the next 30 years as part of a long-term shift toward a renewables-based power system, says Transport minister Fikile Mbalula.
South Africa needs to install between 3,000MW – 4,000MW of renewable energy per annum over the next 30 years as part of a long-term shift toward a renewables-based power system, says Transport minister Fikile Mbalula.to the grid every year.
“This manufacturing can create real jobs — not just intermittent jobs in the installation and construction, but decent permanent jobs linked to large scale manufacturing. We must invest in peaking power to provide the energy security that our country so desperately needs,” he said. The transport minister said that his department was working to ‘equip’ the automotive industry for the new opportunities of a cleaner transport system, including electric vehicles. He added that the country’s shift to green power will need the support of both the public and private sector, with a concerted push towards green funding.
Mbalula pointed to the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of the Eastern Cape as a sign that South Africa is not immune from the effects from climate change and global warming.
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