The latest round of blackouts followed a wildcat strike but experts say that the system used to power the country was under strain anyway.
The legally binding target, which was previously set at 32%, is part of the EU's ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, compared to baseline amounts recorded in 1990.
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The energy minister has opened bidding in another phase of government's renewable energy programme. This bidding window will bring South Africa's procurement through the programme to a total of 7,800 megawatts. It is hoped that this will be enough to avoid severe power cuts.
Eskom said on Friday that it expected five generating units to return to service by Monday afternoon.
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South Africa accounts for less than 1% of greenhouse gas emissions. Our responsibility to combat climate change must be proportional to our contribution to the problem, writes Kanakana Mudzanani and Vuslat Bayoglu.
"Gwede Mantashe is not alone in his disregard for civil society and community voices. It is a culture prevalent throughout the department he runs," civil society organisations wrote in an open letter to the DMRE.
President Ramaphosa’s promises on climate change are rendered empty by his continued support of Minister Mantashe and his polluting coal, oil and gas agenda, writes Alex Lenferna.
Eskom estimated that, without additional capacity, there would be an electricity supply shortfall of between 4,000 and 6,000 megawatts over the next five years -
Kangnas Wind Farm construction project manager, Manie Kotzé, said that besides serving the power needs of the country, communities in the region also stood to benefit through the plant's spin-off projects such as its developmental programmes.
Moreover, wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are on course to become the top source of electricity in a few years, first surpassing natural gas and then coal.
This is the view of Tygue Theron from Energy Partners a company which helps manage utilities.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that improvements were continuing in municipal debt collection and despite load shedding, maintenance work was continuing at power stations.
The South African Wind Energy Association (Sawea) was reacting to the National Energy Regulator’s (Nersa) endorsement of the ministerial determination to procure additional power of just over 11,800 megawatts.
The new strategy also sheds more light on chief executive Bernard Looney’s plan to reduce BP’s oil and gas production by 40%, or at least 1 million barrels per day, by 2030 while expanding into renewable energy.
