Eskom’s big grid problem

Eskom's big grid expansion problem

Eskom faces a lack of transmission grid capacity to add new wind and solar plants, and it doesn’t have enough funds for the necessary expansion.

“The scale and speed at which we need to respond to the needs on the transmissions side, the Eskom balance sheet will not necessarily be sufficient to be able to support that.” Montalto said South African residents would only see a meaningful impact from independent renewable power producers by 2026. This includes significantly upgrading the transmission grid — something that hasn’t been driven forward despite Eskom and the private sector saying it with increasing desperation.

“Put simply, there was no grid to connect these projects because spare grid capacity that was shown by Eskom at the time of bidding in the two provinces had subsequently been taken instead by private off-taker projects,” he said.

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