EDITORIAL: Strained power transmission network sure to cause sparks
SA will start running out of time to solve the looming problem by the time sufficient generation capacity comes on grid
Perhaps the greatest weakness of the energy crisis response announced last month by President Cyril Ramaphosa is the way in which the proposed interventions focus almost single-mindedly on increasing generation capacity, while ignoring the equally urgent need to expand the power transmission network.
The country’s immediate need is for about 6GW of new generation, which can be accommodated within the existing transmission network. But this capacity will run out before long and SA will continue to limp from one energy crisis to the next if the investment and expansion of new generation capacity does not go hand-in-hand with similar growth in transmission capacity...
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