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THE INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN (IRP)
•The plan projects that by 2030, almost 60% of SA electricity will still be generated from coal. Currently, coal plants generate 77% of electricity in the country.
•But government has hiked the expected contribution from wind by a large margin.
• In the initial draft version of the plan, released last year, wind was only supposed to deliver 13% of SA’s electricity by 2030– this has now been increased to more than 18%.
•Previously, government thinking was that wind farms were supposed to represent 11 442MW (or 15%) of "installed energy capacity" in the country by 2030. (Installed capacity refers to the maximum output of electricity a plant can produce under ideal conditions.) This has now been increased by 55% to 17 742MW in the latest round.By 2030, solar will supply 7% of electricity. Hydro plants will contribute 8%, nuclear 4.5% and the rest from gas and diesel.
•The plan projects that by 2030, almost 60% of SA electricity will still be generated from coal. Currently, coal plants generate 77% of electricity in the country.
•But government has hiked the expected contribution from wind by a large margin.
• In the initial draft version of the plan, released last year, wind was only supposed to deliver 13% of SA’s electricity by 2030– this has now been increased to more than 18%.
•Previously, government thinking was that wind farms were supposed to represent 11 442MW (or 15%) of "installed energy capacity" in the country by 2030. (Installed capacity refers to the maximum output of electricity a plant can produce under ideal conditions.) This has now been increased by 55% to 17 742MW in the latest round.By 2030, solar will supply 7% of electricity. Hydro plants will contribute 8%, nuclear 4.5% and the rest from gas and diesel.
