South Africa will prioritise the expansion of its grid over the next decade as it aims to finally put an end to daily power cuts, said electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.
The government is working on about 25 projects in existing substations that could potentially unlock about 13 gigawatt of energy, he told reporters on Sunday.
“In the next 10 years we think it’s possible for us to be able to have an additional 24 gigawatts,” he said.
With solutions far in the future, the power problems roll on. State-owned Eskom announced stage 4 load-shedding from 2pm on Sunday until 5am on Monday morning.
Power breakdowns have increased to 16,943MW of generating capacity, it said.
“The grid remains vulnerable and susceptible to plummeting availability of megawatts,” Ramokgopa said.
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