{"id":100234,"date":"2015-10-05T10:46:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T08:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=100234"},"modified":"2015-10-05T10:46:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T08:46:18","slug":"south-africas-ageing-electricity-grid-needs-r200-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/100234\/south-africas-ageing-electricity-grid-needs-r200-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s ageing electricity grid needs R200 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa’s electricity transmission grid is in need of a $15 billion (R200 billion) cash injection by 2022 to accelerate new energy production.<\/p>\n

This is according to German state development bank KfW, as reported by Reuters.<\/p>\n

The news agency reported that Eskom’s ageing grid means that feeding electricity into the system is becoming more difficult.<\/p>\n

The government has plans to deliver 17.8 gigawatts (GW) of green power by 2030 with 1,827 megawatts (MW)renewable energy now contributing to an installed capacity of 45,000 MW.<\/p>\n

“South Africa lacks transmission infrastructure which is needed to enable the country to meet its target,” Ihno Baumfalk, KfW’s senior energy and climate project manager, told Reuters.<\/p>\n

“At present you need to do grid strengthening in order to accommodate the additional energy generation which is being put into the grid.”<\/p>\n

Eskom spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said the power utility would announce its plans to strengthen the grid, on October 16.<\/p>\n

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