Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says he cannot confirm at this stage if he will support the new energy plan by the Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.
The powers of the Ramokgopa have not yet been clearly defined.
This has culminated in a detailed short to long term action plan to address South Africa’s energy crisis.“I love what he is doing, going to power stations because the electricity availability factor is at the power station. If we fix them, we will not get load shedded. We are going to be supporting him. If we apply our minds to the optimising of coal power stations. Must fix all the power stations they must not give us less than 50%.
The launch of the new underground coal operation by Seriti will go a long way to boost coal production for Eskom’s power stations and create jobs.
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