Renewables coming online, but are not a load-shedding panacea, says Mantashe
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26 February 2023 - 08:32
Minister of mineral resources & energy Gwede Mantashe told parliament on Friday that while his department was working to get 91 independent power producer (IPP) projects going, renewables would take too long to resolve Eskom’s load-shedding crisis.
Mantashe was updating a portfolio committee on the government’s IPP projects after a week of intense load-shedding...
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