South Africa Plans to Raise Renewable Energy to Curb Blackouts
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South Africa plans to triple electricity production from renewable-energy sources to help alleviate power shortages that caused rolling blackouts throughout the country in recent weeks.
Energy from biomass, wind, solar and hydropower sources will contribute 11.4 gigawatts to the grid “in future,” Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe told reporters in Pretoria, without giving a time line. It’s currently procuring 3,725 megawatts from clean sources in a five-round program estimated at $12 billion and plans another 3,200 megawatts when the process is completed.