South Africa’s plan to add an estimated R95-billion worth of private emergency power generation has been further delayed.
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A court hearing on Tuesday will determine whether South Africa can move forward with a project to top up its energy capacity after a year of record power blackouts.
South Africa has extended a deadline for companies to reach financial close for projects aimed at ending load shedding.
A key obstacle to an emergency programme to supply 2GW of power to South Africa’s grid has been removed.
The environment department has turned down an application to moor a floating, gas-fired power plant in the port of Richards Bay on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast.
A court case filed by a losing bidder in South Africa’s emergency power programme threatens to delay the provision of the electricity by months.
Energy regulator Nersa has kicked a hard discussion about a licence for the controversial electricity generator down the road.
An environmental lobby group has told energy regulator Nersa that the electricity generation licence process for Karpowership SA’s floating power ships is “fatally flawed”.
There are widespread doubts that renewable energy projects can happen fast enough to replace coal. So a controversial fossil fuel remains part of the planned energy mix: natural gas.
The decision by the environment department to refuse environmental authorisations for Karpowership SA’s multibillion-rand energy deal is likely to be appealed.