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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span><\/a>Delays to decommissioning coal-fired stations will challenge plans to embrace clean energy<\/p>\n

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<\/a>South Africa\u2019s struggling Eskom state power monopoly must delay plans to wind down its ageing fleet of coal plants if it is to stem rolling blackouts, said the utility\u2019s acting chief, a decision that will complicate the country\u2019s energy transition plans. Calib Cassim said that Eskom was looking at reprieves for selected power stations that were scheduled to close this decade, as the state company tries to address the severe power cuts, known as load-shedding, that have throttled Africa\u2019s most advanced economy.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>\u201cIf we can operate these plants for another two to four years with minimal investment, and we can contribute to stopping load-shedding as quickly as possible, that\u2019s the trajectory we\u2019re on,\u201d Cassim, acting chief executive since February, told the Financial Times in an interview. But he also warned that further delays to decommissioning coal power plants would challenge the efforts by President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s government to embrace clean energy. South Africa is one of the world\u2019s most carbon-intense economies, with coal the source of about four-fifths of its energy. Ramaphosa is engaged in a difficult balancing act to tackle South Africa\u2019s power crisis while pledging to cut emissions to net zero by 2050. Western countries have pledged to support this shift with loans and assistance worth at least $8.5bn, which is growing as more governments make offers, but South Africa must still flesh out its plan for a \u201cjust transition\u201d. \u201cThe bottom line is this: if we can\u2019t stop load-shedding in two years, extending the life of the plant by 10 years doesn\u2019t help because it\u2019s doing more damage to the environment,\u201d said Cassim. Breakdowns and looting of the coal plants have driven the collapse in the reliability of supply in recent years, and these problems triggered the acrimonious exit of Andre\u0301 de Ruyter, the latest of several Eskom chief executives in the past decade, this year. De Ruyter blamed Ramaphosa\u2019s African National Congress for political interference and involvement in the looting, but was blamed in turn for not paying enough attention to the core coal fleet. Cassim, Eskom\u2019s chief financial officer, was only meant to serve as acting head for weeks but has had to stay in the post for months as the search for a new chief executive has dragged on. When Cassim agreed to take on the job, \u201cI said I will act quite reluctantly and on a short-term basis, understanding and appreciating stability from a market perspective,\u201d he said. \u201cInitially I thought it would be like a seven-week acting role,\u201d he added. \u201cBut we have to keep focused as Eskom . . . we know how critical Eskom is to the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Ramaphosa is pushing reforms to liberate private investment in renewables and end Eskom\u2019s historic monopoly. But the pressure to keep better performing plants going for now to lessen power cuts is colliding with the financial strain that would be involved in propping up aged generation plants, as well as the environmental costs. Eskom has already had expensive state relief on huge debts. \u201cWe\u2019re not stopping [shutdowns], we\u2019re just slowing down for about two to three years while we stabilise the supply of electricity,\u201d and the process must involve \u201cminimal capital operational requirements\u201d, Cassim said. At the same time as lengthening coal shutdown dates, South Africa also needs to catch up on plans to convert the old power stations to sites for clean energy, under the just transition framework. \u201cWe see at this point in time a repurposing and repowering future that needs to be agreed, signed off, and more importantly, implemented,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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