The draft IRP 2023 includes a total of 7.22 GW of new gas capacity by 2030.
Amid a worsening energy crisis, South Africa's creaking electricity grid urgently requires new power generation facilities to help bring an end to load shedding. However, the 2023 draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) risks taking the country backwards with proposals to halve new wind and solar power and double gas-fired power compared to the last IRP in 2019.
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