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Renewable energy industry comments on draft IRP
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Renewable energy industry comments on draft IRP 17th October 2018 BY: KIM CLOETE <m.engineeringnews.co.za/author.php?u_id=1132> CREAMER MEDIA CORRESPONDENT
The renewable energy sector in South Africa has welcomed the draft Integrated Resource Plant (IRP) 2018, but has also expressed concerns.
“While the IRP forecasting is rational in its choices, it unfortunately requires us to accept some overly optimistic assumptions,” said the South African Renewable Energy Council (Sarec). This included the ability of the two new coal-fired independent power producer projects to overcome legal and financing challenges in a bid to reach financial close.
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