EDITORIAL: Miners’ renewable energy partnerships a boon
New alliances are being formed with established players in the industry to generate up to 6,000MW
The renewable energy space is becoming a very busy one for SA’s mining companies. It can only be good for their own green credentials and their energy security, as well as for SA’s.
Mining companies have long wanted to generate electricity for their own use, which would also take some pressure off the national grid. The government has at last enabled that by lifting the licence cap on what is called embedded generation. The Minerals Council estimates mining companies could build up to 6,000MW of new renewable energy capacity. Some of SA’s largest miners are entering into new partnerships with established players in the renewable energy industry to effect this. We are at last starting to see the shape of the new private electricity market that will emerge over the next few years...
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