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Electricity supply remains one of South Africa's biggest hurdles that impact its potential to address some of its socio-economic challenges and inequality.
In his 2021 State of the Nation Address, President Ramaphosa announced that rapidly expanding energy generation capacity remains a high priority for South Africa.
Initiatives to address the energy challenges
The President announced various interventions to address the energy challenges, such as:
Another initiative includes increasing generation capacity and what Eskom generates through the award of 2000 megawatts of emergency power by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. Another Department of Mineral Resources & Energy initiative will be requesting proposals for 2600 megawatts from wind and solar energy as part of Bid Window 5.
Eskom plans to increase electricity generation capacity by an additional 11800 megawatts from renewable energy, natural gas, battery storage, and coal. They will also partner with others to repurpose and repower part of its coal fleet.
The government's initiative is to ease the licensing requirements for new embedded generation projects, which could unlock 5000 megawatts of additional capacity and help reduce the impact of load shedding. The government will amend Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act within the next three months to increase the embedded generation's licensing threshold.
The role of renewable energy
South Africa is vulnerable to climate change. This means that traditional pathways to increasing energy supply, based on fossil fuels' burning, will become increasingly unviable.
Many questions need to be addressed, particularly with renewable energy:
In Episode 2 of the Engineering in Africa Podcast, I talk to Thabo Moyo from Omang energy to unpack some renewable energy challenges.
Thabo's insights promise to provide a unique perspective and inspire the next generation of energy engineers.
With that said, welcome to the Engineering in Africa podcast.
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Follow Thabo Moyo:
Click here for Thabo Moyo's LinkedIn profile
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Follow Omang Energy:
Click here for Omang Energy website
Click here for Omang Energy LinkedIn page
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By Nkululeko ThusiniElectricity supply remains one of South Africa's biggest hurdles that impact its potential to address some of its socio-economic challenges and inequality.
In his 2021 State of the Nation Address, President Ramaphosa announced that rapidly expanding energy generation capacity remains a high priority for South Africa.
Initiatives to address the energy challenges
The President announced various interventions to address the energy challenges, such as:
Another initiative includes increasing generation capacity and what Eskom generates through the award of 2000 megawatts of emergency power by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. Another Department of Mineral Resources & Energy initiative will be requesting proposals for 2600 megawatts from wind and solar energy as part of Bid Window 5.
Eskom plans to increase electricity generation capacity by an additional 11800 megawatts from renewable energy, natural gas, battery storage, and coal. They will also partner with others to repurpose and repower part of its coal fleet.
The government's initiative is to ease the licensing requirements for new embedded generation projects, which could unlock 5000 megawatts of additional capacity and help reduce the impact of load shedding. The government will amend Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act within the next three months to increase the embedded generation's licensing threshold.
The role of renewable energy
South Africa is vulnerable to climate change. This means that traditional pathways to increasing energy supply, based on fossil fuels' burning, will become increasingly unviable.
Many questions need to be addressed, particularly with renewable energy:
In Episode 2 of the Engineering in Africa Podcast, I talk to Thabo Moyo from Omang energy to unpack some renewable energy challenges.
Thabo's insights promise to provide a unique perspective and inspire the next generation of energy engineers.
With that said, welcome to the Engineering in Africa podcast.
****
Follow Thabo Moyo:
Click here for Thabo Moyo's LinkedIn profile
****
Follow Omang Energy:
Click here for Omang Energy website
Click here for Omang Energy LinkedIn page