Investors exit coal project as concern about use of fossil fuels rises
The exits from the Thabametsi coal-based power plant project in Limpopo follow the withdrawal in October of South Korea's Kepco and SA’s big four banks in 2019
09 November 2020 - 13:10
Investors have pulled out of a local multibillion-dollar coal-fired power plant project, putting its construction at risk as opposition to the use of fossil-fuels in SA grows despite crippling power shortages.
Across the world, investors are coming under increasing pressure to ditch coal, the most polluting of fossil fuels, and switch to greener energy...
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