Should Eskom step on the gas or wait for greener alternatives to coal?

To many analysts, the fuel looks to be SA’s easiest answer as it sets out to decommission ageing power stations

03 August 2021 - 20:00 By Paul Burkhardt

Power failures have become routine in SA. At the same time, the country wants to wean itself off coal that generates more than 80% of its electricity and makes it the world’s ­12th biggest source of greenhouse gases...

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