Thebe Mabanga
Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Sunday unveiled the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025, South Africa’s new energy path to 2039.
It is an ambitious $126 billion (R2,2 trillion) investment programme that will see the share of coal in electricity generation fall from 58 % to 27 %, while solar and wind will contribute 40%.
Ramokgopa said the plan, which was first developed in 2010 and was last updated in 2019, would minimise the cost of electricity as well as the environmental impact of electricity supply to the economy. It would also “put loadshedding behind us,” he said.
“Electricity must be available, reliable and affordable, for households, for businesses, for industries. That’s how we grow our economy and reduce poverty,” he said.
IRP 2025 projects more than 105 000 MW of new generation capacity by 2039, with 6000 MW of new gas-to-power by 2030 deemed critical for
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