African Independent Power Producers Association chair Thomas Garner summarises all government’s dithering that has caused load-shedding to become a daily occurrence.
South Africa’s Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme has faced several delays since the first request for proposal was released in 2011 — and the country won’t see private power added to the grid until mid-2023.
“To build a power station, whether it is privately owned or whether it’s owned by Eskom or a municipality, is a long-term thing.” Only after all funding parties reach an agreement can construction start, which Garner estimates will take 12 months for a 100MW solar plant and 18 months for a 100MW wind farm.
“A fatal flaw of his was to combine mineral resources and energy again and give it to minister Mantashe,” Garner stated. However, the power utility has said that it has not seen any documentation on emergency power agreements. It needs everything to be on the table before it can sign off. “There was a delay from the mineral resources and energy department from November 2019 until they came out with the first procurement process, which was the RMIPPP ,” he said.
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