Applications for projects have been stuck in limbo for years
SA’s mining companies urged the government to grant permission for them to set up independent power sources after years of delays and frustration to reduce dependence on Eskom.
The backlog of sign-offs and approvals has proved a source of enormous frustration for companies wanting to wean part of their electricity consumption off the state-owned power monopoly Eskom, which plunged the country into darkness on Monday, shedding an unprecedented six gigawatts of supply. Holland has made securing the approval for a 40MW solar plant to supply the South Deep mine one of his personal projects after the rapid and successful implementation of renewable energy projects in Australia with the full support and financial backing by the government there.
Sibanye-Stillwater, the world’s largest platinum miner and one of SA’s major gold producers, started talks with the department of energy and Nersa in late 2016.
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