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GlobalWarming & ClimateChange News Desk – Country is enduring blackouts because it agreed to be a ‘guinea pig’ and close coal-fired power stations, claims government official

South Africa is enduring massive blackouts because it agreed to be a “guinea pig” for the West’s green transition and close its coal-fired power stations, the country’s electricity minister has claimed.

Kgosientsho Ramokgopa attacked the country’s £6.6 billion climate finance pact which will see some of the world’s richest nations pay for South Africa to produce more renewable energy and shutter coal-using power stations.

The deal has been touted as a template that could be followed by other nations such as Vietnam, Indonesia and Senegal in an international effort to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases.

But Mr Ramokgopa told a meeting organised by Standard Bank that the closure of Komati power station, the first to be shut, was “an injustice” unfolding “in the name of the transition”.

He said that because of the closure, Eskom, the state power company, was struggling to ease power cuts.

His comments came as the country has spent nearly a year enduring severe outages virtually every day, due to a lack of generating capacity and frequent breakdowns in decrepit power stations. The cuts have reached 10 or more hours per day at their worst.

The resulting economic damage has put intense political pressure on the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party which has presided over the decline in what was once a world-respected energy system.

The Daily Telegraph, 28 July 2023: Full story

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