Karpowership’s stalled plans to affect a 1.2GW electricity supply contract with South Africa has regained momentum.
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Eskom is considering buying electricity from a Karpowership plant to be located offshore from Mozambique.
Karpowership said it doesn’t plan to abandon its work in the country even after setbacks to all three of its local projects.
Karpowership has had its environmental application to moor a ship-mounted power plant at the port of Saldanha Bay suspended.
Karpowership has had one of three appeals against adverse environmental rulings rejected, a source has said.
Karpowership said it will demand a retraction from André de Ruyter, the former CEO of Eskom, because it said he had inferred the firm was corrupt.
The measure will undermine spending controls and isn’t the solution to South Afric’s energy crisis, they say.
Senior members of the ANC have blamed a range of factors outside their control for South Africa’s electricity crisis.
South Africa made fresh inquiries about securing electricity supply from Turkey’s Karpowership as it battles its worst-ever power outages.
The Turkish company seeking to supply 1.2GW of power to South Africa will get a decision on its application to proceed with the projects by 7 March.