South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom has regularly cut power over the past year, hobbling economic growth in Africa’s most industrialised country as unreliable coal-fired plants struggle to generate enough electricity to meet demand.
In December, South Africa’s energy department issued a request for information to source between 2,000 and 3,000 megawatts of power generation capacity that could be connected in the shortest time, at the least cost. “We have made a submission to the department as of last Friday and they received information on what is possible, where and how we would look to do it,” said Patrick O’Driscoll, global sales director at Karpowership.
“We have identified several locations that we believe are potential injection points,” he told Reuters on the sidelines of an African mining conference.
Nothing will happen unless there are brown envelopes or kick backs. The wankers in power only operate if they benefit
Uhm ok Turkey asincelanga yaz...ningenaph?
if they are there to assist without a cost we definitely at the stage where we cannot afford additional costs based on our demands
At what cost...and what are the pollution levels to expect...if it will provide a plug while we sort out our issues fine at a cost effective rate
Seriously!