The Ankerlig open-cycle gas turbine power station on the Cape West coast could be powered by liquid natural gas instead of more costly diesel.DA leader Mmusi Maimane says he will be writing to energy minister Jeff Radebe to ask that he allocate a licence to the Western Cape to start importing liquefied natural gas to run turbine generators in the province.
Maimane’s call comes as Eskom, which supplies virtually all of SA’s energy, continues to struggle to meet demand largely due maintenance issues and design flaws at its poorly constructed new power stations Medupi and Kusile. The utility had to resort to stage 4 load-shedding last week to prevent the total collapse of the grid, a move that crippled large sections of the ailing economy. Amid the power crisis, the DA-led city of Cape Town is also pushing for provisions to be put in place to allow municipalities to procure energy directly from independent power producers .
Under current regulations, municipalities can buy electricity directly from IPPs if they get ministerial approval.
Hey Mr Maimane are you trying to push for companies owned by your DA members, who happens to be white and own sole rights and the means to provide the solutions you are proposing.
Mara politicians should just know their place..... and leave the rest to the relevant people. You can't be relevant everywhere MmusiMaimane
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