Time is fast running out for SA to achieve its long-held aspiration to build a viable gas economy, the government’s Independent Power Producers (IPP) Office has warned.

The objective of the 2012 National Development Plan (NDP) “to build a game-changing gas economy is still current. It is still government policy,” said Sandra Coetzee, acting head of the IPP Office. “There is a huge opportunity, but time is of the essence. We have to get our ducks in a row.”..

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