JUST TRANSITION OP-ED: The long and short of load shedding solutions – time to call disaster and harness the power of wind and solar energy - Daily Maverick

5/29/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
by Mark Swilling
by Mark Swilling
The huge cost of load shedding could have disastrous economic consequences and cause civil unrest that makes July 2021 pale into insignificance. If the problem is tackled realistically, purposefully and urgently with a coordinated emergency plan partnering Es…
As South Africa once again plunges into stage 4 load shedding in the wake of sabotage and more unexpected breakdowns of our aging power stations, the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenb… [+17517 chars]
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