Eskom extends coal power station lives to protect grid

South Africa’s state-owned power utility needs to run some coal-fired plants for longer than their planned retirement deadlines to avoid leaving the national grid “vulnerable,” according to its chief executive officer.

“We’ll continue some of our coal operations that were earmarked for shutting down,” Eskom CEO Dan Marokane said at a Cape Town conference. Eskom’s decision comes as South Africa has committed to lowering emissions by moving from mainly coal-fired power to cleaner sources of energy. France, Germany, the US, UK and European Union have offered the money to help South Africa move away from coal, which is currently the source of more than 80% of the nation’s power.

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