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Eskom May Use Coal for Longer as South Africa Develops Renewables

·         South Africa depends on dirtiest fossil fuel for bulk of power

·         Nation’s 2050 Net Zero goal to cost 6 trillion rand: report

South Africa’s power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. could run coal-fired stations for years longer than originally planned to allow more renewable power to be built as the country transitions to a greener energy mix.

Coal is used to generate more than 80% of the electricity in Africa’s most industrialized economy, but the switch to cleaner sources of power to reach net zero emissions by 2050 may involve the nation’s power utility continuing to burn the dirtiest fossil fuel.