South African policies have successfully encouraged independent power producers and residential homes to build out nearly 14 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity across the country, but the country's biggest energy transition challenge lies ahead: backstopping state-owned utility Eskom's recently announced plans to retire some 23 GW of coal plants by 2040 and build out a further 32 GW of renewables capacity.
South Africa's Behemoth Utility Struggles to Transition From Coal
Poacher-turned-gamekeeper coal-fueled Eskom has laid out big plans for renewables expansion. It will be a struggle, but South Africa can't afford failure.
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