Amid all the energy acronyms, EAP is paramount
South Africa urgently needs to shift to a more integrated view of the energy sector and related reforms as we start to move out of load-shedding
10 March 2024 - 00:00
The release of the integrated resource plan (IRP) 2023 sparked much necessary debate about the future of South Africa’s energy mix. However, with a rampant private sector investment pipeline in renewables and the impending shift to a market model, we have to acknowledge the decreasing relevance of an IRP-led section 34 procurement, which has in the past consistently under-delivered against procurement targets in any case...
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