Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has announced that load shedding will remain on the cards for at least the next two years.
Speaking in Parliament on day two of the debate of the state of the nation address delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa last week, Mantashe said that Eskom had given an indication that “we [will] face at least two years minimum of potential load shedding”.
Mantashe also announced a series of measures to get the ball rolling on alternative sources of power following Ramaphosa’s address. “[The] Integrated Resource Plan 2019 provides for additional capacity of 2 000 megawatts of emergency power, 1 500 megawatts from coal, 2 500 megawatts from hydro, 6 000 megawatts from photovoltaic, 14 400 megawatts from wind, 2 088 megawatts from storage and 3 000 megawatts from gas,” the minister said.
“Section 34 determinations to implement the IRP 2019 are finalised and await concurrence by Nersa. This will also enable opening of bid windows for the renewable energy power procurement and support further investment in the sector.” The RFI helps us assess availability of immediate implementable generation options and the commercial terms expected by these projects. Section 34 Determination for emergency power procurement, which awaits concurrence by NERSA, is finalised.
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