Africa’s biggest renewable power company said it will take years for South Africa’s electricity supply woes to ease.
power company said it will take years for South Africa’s electricity supply woes to ease after the government’s bias towards coal led to the collapse of wind and solar energy manufacturers.
South Africa is suffering its worst-ever power cuts as Eskom’s ageing and poorly maintained coal-fired plants suffer frequent breakdowns. Under President Cyril Ramaphosa, the country is now pushing for more renewable energy, but it’s still reliant on coal for more than 80% of its power.“There were two or three years when Eskom was arguing that coal was better and cheaper,” Antonopoulos said. In this period, where “nothing happened, a lot of the local industry collapsed”, he said.
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