What IPP office wants in output-based emergency power plan
‘We do not care how you come up with a solution as long as you meet the requirements of the system operator’
27 September 2020 - 18:10
The government’s emergency power programme will be technology agnostic, though is likely to favour fuel-based solutions, the independent power producers’ office says.
The office, which falls under the department of mineral resources & energy and energy, in August issued a request for proposals for the risk mitigation independent power producers procurement programme through which it seeks to buy 2,000MW of emergency power — almost 7% of SA’s average power demand...
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