South Africa’s Eskom is looking to set up renewable energy sources at some of its power plants, with the country’s Minister of Electricity and Energy expressing support for the utility’s ambition to increase its new generation capacity. “Eskom 2.0 is my own reference… Eskom wants to enter the terrain of renewable energy generation…“How Eskom is going to fund this new generation and structure this new generation… Eskom at the right time will come out in the public. Mpumalanga’s path to renewable energy dominanceMarokane said Eskom is going through the evaluation stages of commercial proposals for the 75MW PV solar plant at Lethabo. Six key take-outs from the Eskom energy outlook for summerMinister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa addresses the media at the Lethabo Power Station in the Free State on Monday, 14 October. Facing decommissioning, its coal-fired power generation units is mooted to be replaced by solar power, possibly in conjunction with battery energy storage.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 14, 2024 13:54 UTC