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AfrElec: South Africa needs surplus electricity from solar plants, says minister
Ramokgopa insisted that the government needed this additional power generated by independent power producers (IPPs) that was currently being “thrown away,” while the country was battling an energy crisis, News24 reports. The minister was speaking at a regular weekly update on the implementation of the Energy Action Plan (EAP) on April 22. He said the government was aware of several solar and ...
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