New electricity generation: Eskom outlines transmission spending plans
Eskom plans to spend R174.5bn on its transmission and distribution network over the next 10 years, largely to improve reliability and accommodate new generation capacity, Eskom’s senior manager for infrastructure investment planning Leslie Naidoo said on Thursday. He was presenting the utility’s transmission development plan (TDP) to 2027 to give stakeholders an opportunity to give input, which is a requirement of Eskom’s transmission licence. The integration of renewable energy independent power producer (REIPP) projects, as well as the government’s decision to go ahead with the procurement of 9,600 megawatts (MW) of new nuclear power, in the teeth of public disapproval, puts pressure on existing transmission lines and substations. Earlier this week the Department of Environmental Affairs gave Eskom approval to proceed with an environmental impact assessment into Duynefontein as the site for SA’s second nuclear power plant, close to the older nuclear power plant, Koeberg. Only thre...
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