Picture: PixabaySouth Africa has reached a significant milestone in its energy landscape, recording 160 days without loadshedding — the longest period in over four years. This achievement is attributed to an increase in available baseload power and the growing contribution of private wind energy developers.
Wind energy, now a vital component of South Africa’s energy mix, operates alongside baseload generation and solar power to ensure a more reliable electricity supply. Eskom’s peak demand periods occur outside daylight hours, when solar power is unavailable, but wind energy continues to be generated. This makes wind power uniquely positioned to prevent load-shedding. With wind generation dispersed across the country, South Africa benefits from a robust and distributed network of energy sources, contributing to a more resilient grid.
This capacity constraint has already affected 23 wind projects under Bid Window 6 of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme, which could not be awarded due to insufficient grid capacity.
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