Cooling towers for gas-fired power stations. (Wengen Ling/ Getty Images)
In the face of a rapidly changing global electricity market, South Africa's latest energy plan looks like it was written in the early 2000s, says Nick Hedley.
Until recently, gas was seen as a necessary bridging fuel in the global shift from coal to low-carbon power technologies.
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