South Africa plans to allocate at least 6 GW of large scale solar by 2030

That would take the country to 8.28 GW of generation capacity by the end of the next decade with the government stating up to 6 GW of small scale capacity could be required on top. By that stage, however, coal would still amount to 43% of generation capacity and gas and diesel a combined 8.1%, under the new Integrated Resource Plan.South Africa's Department of Energy (DoE) has released a new ten-year energy strategy: the Integrated Resource Plan. The government has made clear solar, wind and gas projects will supply most of the nation's future generation capacity although contracted coal power ...

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