The plan is set to be implemented in three phases with projects starting in 2022.
The first phase will span over a year between 2022 and 2023.
De Ruyter revealed that the country’seconomyis 25% more carbon-intensive than China, speaking per capita.
Eskom plans to invest R106 billion in wind and solar power generation. Image: Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images
SouthAfricaalso discharges almost half of the total carbon that has been emitted by Africa.
Eskom counts for around 44% of Mzansi’s total carbon emissions.
De Ruyter stated that due to this, it is near impossible to ignore the carbon footprint being left.
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