Saying it’s spending billions.
South Africa’s state power utility, stung by reports about the health impacts of emissions from burning coal, said it’s spending billions of dollars to reduce them and has an ambitious target to reduce output of one of its most dangerous pollutants. Eskom said it’s committed to a R67 billion plan to cut emissions and by 2035 aims to reduce its output of particulate matter by 70%.
“Eskom has developed station specific recovery plans for each station and these include emission-improvement plans which are being implemented and are beginning to show success,” the company said in a response to queries. Read: SA trawls through death records to assess coal impact Still, in the six months to September 30 the company’s particulate emissions were at a 31-year high and 42 times the level of plants in China, the world’s biggest producer of power from coal.
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