Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says that partnering with China for energy just makes sense.
Minister in the Presidency for Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has emphasised that the agreements signed in the past week with Chinese state-owned entities and the donation by the People’s Republic of China are to address this country’s emergency energy solutions.
Addressing the media on the Energy Action Plan on Sunday, Ramokgopa explained that the two agreements include amongst others, addressing issues of green energy solutions, exploitations of renewable energy sources and the use of modern technology. In regards to the donation by the People’s Republic of China, the Minister said this is aimed at addressing South Africa’s emergency energy solutions, which is targeted at key public facilities such as police stations, health institutions and correctional centres.
“I did indicate that it’s likely going to be targeted in key public facilities such as hospitals, clinics, correctional services, and police stations. In this regard, we will be working with the nine provincial governments for them to be able to identify sites that are suitable for this. “We will announce at the right time when the first shipment lands and give an indication of the first public facilities that will benefit from this generous donation.”
“We did indicate that we were going to slow down planned outages and once we get out of a very difficult winter we are going to ramp up because we need to protect these machines, generation and units to ensure their sustainability and reliability going into the future.
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