CelloMom On Cars on Nostr: Until 2020 or so, energy had been tied to coal mines, under Mantashe. Ramaphosa moved ...
Until 2020 or so, energy had been tied to coal mines, under Mantashe. Ramaphosa moved to decouple electricity generation from coal.
And now South Africa is leapfrogging fossil gas and going straight to renewables.
"#SouthAfrica's new energy minister vowed on Monday to accelerate the shift to #RenewableEnergy from coal, breaking with a predecessor who opposed swift decarbonision and pledged to keeping burning coal for a long time."
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/south-africa-energy-minister-vows-change-with-aggressive-renewables-rollout-2024-07-08/
And now South Africa is leapfrogging fossil gas and going straight to renewables.
"#SouthAfrica's new energy minister vowed on Monday to accelerate the shift to #RenewableEnergy from coal, breaking with a predecessor who opposed swift decarbonision and pledged to keeping burning coal for a long time."
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/south-africa-energy-minister-vows-change-with-aggressive-renewables-rollout-2024-07-08/