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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa needs a massive power plant construction programme to ensure adequate electricity supply up to 2050, a government planning document released for public comment on Thursday showed.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Africa’s most industrialised economy has suffered power cuts for more than a decade which have held back growth, reaching record levels last year and lasting up to 10 hours a day.The latest iteration of the government’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) analysed different options to close the power shortfall over the period up to 2030, and from 2031 to 2050.<\/p>\n

Up to 2030, the plan said the deployment of “dispatchable” power generation options such as gas-to-power must be accelerated, and where technically and commercially feasible, the planned shutdown of coal-fired plants should be delayed to retain capacity.<\/p>\n

Dispatchable facilities can be ramped up or down depending on power system needs.<\/p>\n

Between 2031 and 2050, the IRP said ways to ensure security of supply included different combinations of nuclear power, renewables, clean coal and gas.<\/p>\n

“Between 2031 and 2050 the system will require a massive new build programme with significant capacity required in just over a decade from now,” the IRP said.<\/p>\n

South Africa was once seen as a poster child for the energy transition away from polluting coal-fired power plants that provide the bulk of its electricity needs.<\/p>\n

But a worsening of its power crisis has forced the government to rethink and potentially delay its strategy of closing old coal stations in an effort to keep the lights on.<\/p>\n

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