De Ruyter, who was speaking on Thursday at the McCloskey Southern African coal conference held in Cape Town, outlined the utility's long-term sustainability plans to focus on improvement of the coal fleet while transitioning to cleaner energy.
Renewables paired with"intermittency solutions" like pumped storage, and possibly supported by gas, could match South Africa's demand profile.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
_Business It's all about money from coal syndicates
_Business We will suffer for this ,mark my words. We r not ready to be moving away from coal n gasoline base system. This will run the country dry in funds and dig us more in debts. But those who r in charge don't care.
_Business is tyd dat julle soos mans op stand die blame vat soos man maar nie een van julle het n ruggraad nie julle kos mense sonder werk oumense wat op suurstof masjiene laat dood gaan kinders sonder iets om te in die oggend want daar nie krag of water nie julle kry nie skaam nie sies
_Business Zuptas ANC/EFF must be pissed off- who owns the coal mines
_Business This one is the biggest fraud in history and I'm shocked some people really take him serious when he speak
_Business When is Andre leaving didnt he resign
_Business Why is he speaking so much like he has delivered on his mandate, in his just transition we are in more loadshedding than we have ever been like ever can he just fucked shut up and leave us in peace coz he's done fuck all
_Business He is talking rubbish.
_Business Did the ANC sold out it's voters by choosing de Ruyter or did they finally come to their senses. Even a worm will turn.
_Business Andre was a huge liability for SA & Eskom. Generationa capacity in his tenure dropped from 69% to below 50% & now we relying heavily on diesel. The R460bn Kusile only giving 720MW or 20% gen. cap. he inherited isn't helping but his stance exarcebated load shedding issues...
_Business Did he speak against coal at the coal conference yesterday? Lies these people are telling. Coal is fine and it can be used effectively & in a clean way. The problem is not coal, the CV might play a role.
_Business Coal producers criticizing a strategy that doesn't rely on them...
_Business Just go away Du Ruyter ...even the tea lady doesnt like you
_Business He mst go useless ths one
_Business Supply us more with inferior coal, this white man is showing these scumbags flames and they don't like it, well done Meneer... ,✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🤌🏿🤌🏿🤌🏿🤌🏿
_Business See coal suppliers are up in arms..can they stop supplying coal with stones first
_Business F'tsek you promote white supremacy,Your White Stooge has got no idea as how to run the power utility!!!
_Business This man was never brought it to revive ESKOM, he was brought in to steer the transition from coal to renewable energy. SA has accepted loans & made commitments with international org's like COP26, UN, USA & others.
_Business If I was De Ruyter I would demand a BILLION from the Renewables syndicates. They owe him that much. Him destroying what was left of Eskom paved way for them to make billions in unjust profits
_Business Why is this man still talking for Eskom? Shouldn't he be busy with a handover of some sort.
_Business So this is the real reason for load shadding.
_Business This fool is there to ensure business interests of his friends. He should have been fired already
_Business As julle nie eers weet hoe om vuur te maak.nie hoe gaan julle dit regkry om sonpanele skoon gewas te kry?
_Business Please just leave already! Urgh
_Business H didn't resign?
_Business This man is useless
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