The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (Sapvia) has hit back at electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s comments over the past weekend, in which he blamed underperforming renewables for contributing to the increase in load-shedding.
The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association has hit back at electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s claims that underperforming renewable power stations contributed to last weekend’s severe load-shedding.
According to the industry body, the minister’s assertion about renewable underperformance leading to stage 6 was not a true reflection of reality. Nine of those generating units, contributing 4,400MW, were taken out of service due to boiler tube leaks. Melamu said she looked forward to an opportunity to engage directly with the ministry to ensure an accurate reflection of solar PV’s contribution to the grid.While Ramokgopa mentioned renewable underperformance as one of the factors worsening load-shedding, he also said Eskom had to takeHe maintained that long-term improvements to the grid required increased maintenance that risked clusters of units failing in short order.
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