Metros in a race to get Eskom off their backs

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Metros in a race to get Eskom off their backs
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SA’s major cities are in a race to roll out alternative energy plans to reduce and eventually eliminate loadshedding, with gas, solar, wind and better energy management featuring strongly. renewables Eskom Moneyweb

South Africa’s major cities are in a race to roll out alternative energy plans to reduce and eventually eliminate load shedding, as Eskom’s well-publicised woes seem unlikely to be resolved for years to come. It’s not just renewable energy they are after as a way to limit the impact of Eskom load shedding. Gas, solar, wind and better energy management feature strongly in these plans.

For the time being, the plan is to reduce the impact of load shedding as, for most municipalities, going completely off grid is unrealistic for the foreseeable future. In his State of the Nation address in February, President Cyril Ramaphosa said reforms are being enacted to allow more private power generation, adding that there are more than 100 projects that are expected to provide over 9 000MW of new capacity over time.

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