Eskom’s diesel usage could cost economy R24-billion – CSIR - Urgent action is required to address the constraints to South Africa’s power system and to reduce the usage of the diesel-fired turbines
, the CSIR said. Interventions include bringing more energy generating capacity online, through independent power producers and the risk mitigation independent power producer procurement programme. However, these interventions have been bogged down by delays.
“The reality is that we need capacity and energy to get onto the system as soon as possible,” CSIR energy centre head Clinton Carter-Brown said, adding that nuclear power was still an attractive option.
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