Electricity Minister says additional generation capacity is top priority for Eskom ahead of winter

Johnathan Paoli

Minister in the Presidency for Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says as government and Eskom’s efforts at resolving the existing challenges at the power utility continue, it would simultaneously start introducing novel forms of generation capacity from renewable sources to ensure energy security into the future.

The Minister was speaking during an update on the implementation of the Energy Action Plan on Monday and says his ministry is considering the introduction of interventions which would introduce new generation capacity from a multiplicity of fuel sources and players to ensure that the country was not confronted with the same problem going into the future.

“Now we are looking beyond Eskom as part of an enduring resilient solution to the energy crisis and ultimately, we are able to achieve energy sovereignty”.

According to Ramokgopa the government is “doing everything possible” to ensure that new generation projects are brought into the fold,