The government unveiled its long-awaited energy plan on Friday, which will see the country procure new energy generation from coal, wind and solar, hydro as well as battery storage and gas over the next decade.Mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe said that some of the new capacity would be procured immediately and the department would soon put out a request to the market to establish the options for bringing on new capacity “in the shortest possible time at reasonable cost”.
SA will also need new coal generation capacity of 1,500MW with hydro power , storage and gas making up the rest of the supply. No new nuclear power generation is planned over the period but the life of Koeberg is to be extended 20 years, up until 2044. Modular nuclear generation plants could come under consideration in the period after 2030 but would be procured “at the cost and pace the country can afford”, said Mantashe.
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