SOUTH Africa’s state-owned power utility will continue to implement rolling blackouts throughout the weekend after breakdowns at five generating units overnight exacerbated capacity shortages.
Eskom Holdings will remove 3 000 megawatts until 5 a.m. on Friday and will then suspend so-called load shedding until 4 p.m., when it will again reduce supply by 3 000 megawatts until 5 a.m. on October 22, the utility said in a statement on Twitter. It will then cut 2 000 megawatts until 5 a.m. on October 24.
South Africa’s cabinet has endorsed an investment plan to help the country transition away from the use of coal, a key step in securing $8.5 billion in climate finance on offer from the world’s richest nations.
The plan envisages the closure and re-purposing of coal-fired power plants owned by Eskom, the state power utility, so that additional renewable energy can be produced. It also covers expanding the
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