The National Energy Crisis Committee expects record power outages to ease as measures put in place, including a new law to fast-track plant development, take effect.
The first of more than 100 privately-owned power plants being developed will connect to the grid by the end of this year. In total, the planned projects could produce 9,000MW much of it for the companies’ own use.
Emergency legislation is being developed to allow the faster approval and development of power plants. Contracts for the construction of plants that will produce 2,800MW of renewable energy for the grid have been signed and construction will soon begin. As much as 1,000MW may be imported this year from neighbouring countries and Eskom will buy 1,000MW of excess energy from private producers who already have facilities.
Six of Eskom’s 14 coal-fired power plants have been “identified for particular focus” in a bid to get them to perform more reliably.The time to complete regulatory processes for new plants has been reduced.
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