Finland's Wartsila expects South Africa to face electricity outages for at least another decade unless it installs as much as $8-billion of gas-fired generation.
company that makes power plants, expects South Africa to face electricity outages for at least another decade unless it installs as much as US$8-billion worth of gas-fired generation capacity.
Wartsila’s modelling shows South Africa’s plans to add wind and solar capacity to the grid will be implemented too slowly to prevent outages, Wayne Glossop, the company’s senior business development manager for Southern Africa, said in an interview. “You do need the gas” to make the renewable energy roll-out work, he said, referring to the fact that plants using the fuel can generate power quickly on demand.
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