While the focus in recent years has been centred firmly on renewable energy generation to assist with load-shedding, a new problem has been getting more attention of late: the lack of grid connection and transmission capacity.

This is a significant future stumbling block as it means SA’s vast endowment of natural energy resources cannot be connected to the grid and therefore cannot help alleviate the power crisis.  ..

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