Renewables – specifically SA's steady supply of wind energy – made the difference between stage 6 load shedding and total collapse of the grid during Eskom's protracted wage deadlock, an energy expert says.
The embattled power utility has locked horns for weeks with employees who were on an unprotected strike at nine power stations. The strike culminated in up to 90% of workers being absent from three key power stations, and intimidation of some employees who did turn up for work.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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Fin24 OMG, we could have had so many MORE wind turbines by now, it's disgraceful how government stalled the process.
Fin24 And now the propaganda machine is justifying the selling off of our country to The West
Fin24 😂😂😂Lies💩💩💩
Fin24 Renewable are nice to have but unfortunately they can't be base load power station which South Africa need. Nuclear n Fossil is the way.
Fin24 Nonsense with your scams of renewable lol 😆 🤣 😂 😜 🙄
Fin24 Minister Mantashe obviously did not see this as he is lobbying for coal as a resource for energy.
Fin24 R17,000 is what i never expected. Thanks Mr Jackson for putting undying smile into my face JacksonMooreq
Fin24 Lies
Fin24 Why are these renewables seen as being outside the system, they have been procured and are part of the mix, they can't be ring fenced as a savior. It's not as if they were suddenly switched on as a favour, Eskom buys this energy as part of a PPA and customers pay for it.
Fin24 Lies. The utility is paying billions each year to IPP's , but we are still getting loadshedding.
Fin24 Hahahaha
Fin24 Yoh hhayi
Fin24 Climate change activist want you to believe this nonsense,but reality is that renewable energy is not gonna work,ask the Germans
nickhedley Fin24 Scary, very scary
Fin24 This is an unchecked lie.
nickhedley Fin24 Disagree, unless you stating that the loss of additional 1,000MW would result in total Grid Collapse? Worst case, Stage 8 in my book and I’m not even an energy expert.
Fin24 Liars
Fin24 Why do these media houses allow so called experts to lie!! Do you even bother to look at the numbers?
Fin24 Why are these ‘experts’ lying to the public? How much are these RE companies paying them?
Fin24 Lmao!! On the 28th of June at evening peak under stage 6 wind could not even provide 500MW to the system. Yet the installed wind capacity is 3440MW.
Fin24 Dustbin
Fin24 Fuckin lie
Fin24 Apartheid white media has really gone insane in pushing renewable agenda and looting even taking garbage from artisans like chrisyelland and calling them energy expert..Solar and wind havent produced anything close to 1000MW so how does it make a difference for a +34000MW demand
Fin24 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂What a crock.🤣😂🤣😂
Fin24 Diesel ⛽ saved eskom yo
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