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Europe Crisis Shows Coal’s Value, South Africa Minister Says

02 Sep 2022

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·         Renewable energy no panacea for power cuts, Mantashe says

·         Country has been subjected to intermittent outages since 2008

South Africa’s energy minister dismissed the notion that renewable electricity can bring an end to years of rolling blackouts, pointing to Europe’s pivot back to the use of fossil fuels as evidence of the constraints of using green energy.

Solar and wind plants could be used to supplement coal, gas and nuclear power generation, but had limitations when it came to meeting South Africa’s needs, such as supplying mines, Mineral