South Africa's energy regulator Nersa says Renewable energy procured from private generators contributed more than a quarter of the peak-time electricity South Africans consumed during the fi

This is according to a report on the performance of renewable energy projects compiled by energy regulator Nersa.

This news comes as the availability of Eskom’s fleet deteriorated to just over 60% in the last week of November, according to the latest data published by the state-owned utility. This is partly the result of an increase in plant taken offline for maintenance, but unplanned outages remain very high.

Load shedding would clearly have been far worse that South Africans already experienced this year. The good news is more renewal energy generation is coming online, and it comes online a lot quicker and cheaper than other forms of generation ie. think of Medupi power station....

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Renewable energy procured from private generators contributed more than a quarter of the peak-time electricity South Africans consumed during the first half of 2020.

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