A South African member committee of the World Energy Council (WEC) has been launched under the aegis of the Energy Council of South Africa. The member committee is made up of ten high-level energy practitioners drawn from the public and private sectors, namely:
Government urged to delay procurement of new nuclear power generation until after 2030
The debate around procuring new nuclear capacity for South Africa s unreliable power grid carries on, with the University of Cape Town s (UCT) Energy System Research Group (ESRG) saying it will cost the fiscus more, produce fewer jobs and take longer to meet South Africa s energy needs than other energy options.
123rf.comIn its presentation to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) earlier this month, the group submitted its research as part of a public participation process that gave stakeholders an opportunity to comment on the proposed procurement of 2,500MW of new nuclear capacity by Eskom.