South Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant
South Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant
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www.rawstory.com South Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant
The cold corridors of South Africa's once-mighty Komati coal-fired power plant have been quiet since its shutdown in 2022 in what was trumpeted as a pioneering project in the world's transition to green energy.Two years later, plans to repurpose the country's oldest coal power plant have amounted to...
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"They effectively just shut down the coal plant and left the people to deal with the outcomes," said deputy energy and electricity minister Samantha Graham.