Deputy President David Mabuza announced on Thursday that the government has reached an agreement with Maputo that will see South Africa getting a supply of gas from Mozambique.
According to Mabuza discussions between the Minister of Mineral Resources and Mozambique are quite advanced in terms of gas that should be transported from Mozambique to the country.
“I can safely say that we have reached an agreement, alternative energy generation measures are being explored and implemented to augment electricity supply and improve the stability of the grid,” Mabuza said.
The Deputy President indicated that the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has amended the Electricity Regulations of New Generation Capacity.
“The department has also put together processes to be followed to ensure requests by municipalities for own generation are speedily attended to.
“Currently, 292 small-scale generators have registered with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) and have a generation capacity of 187MW,” Mabuza added.
Meanwhile, the City of Cape Town is currently focused on renewable energy purchases and generation, and other energy efficiency interventions to reduce the dependence on Eskom over time.
The successful implementation of the “Waste to Energy” project is an important milestone in the journey towards overall sustainability as the City is nearing the production of electricity from landfill gas.
Alderman Grant Twigg, Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management, and Councillor Beverley Van Reenen, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Energy visited the Coastal Park Landfill site in Muizenberg on Tuesday, 15 March, to monitor the progress on this Waste to Energy project.
“Engines have been delivered to the site, and are currently in the process of being connected to the landfill gas extraction system that has been operational since March 2018. It is expected that the project will generate approximately 2MW that will be added to the City’s grid,” a statement explains.
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