South Africa Aims to Unlock 13 Gigawatt in Grid Expansion Plan
Cooling towers beyond an electricity substation at the Eskom Holdings Lethabo coal-fired power station in Vereeniging, South Africa.
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South Africa will prioritize the expansion of its grid over the next decade as it aims to finally put an end to daily power cuts, said Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.
The government is working on about 25 projects in existing substations that could potentially unlock about 13 gigawatt of energy, he told reporters on Sunday. “In the next 10 years, we think that it’s possible for us to be able to have an additional 24 gigawatt,” he said.