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Pollution Regulations May Force Eskom to Shut Down a Third of Its Production Capacity

SOUTH AFRICA
  • Eskom says it is now legally obliged to shut down one-third of its generating capacity
  • As the current legal situation stands, Eskom says, it must shut down power stations that contribute about a third of its total installed capacity of 48,000MW.
  • On Tuesday morning, Eskom responded to, and provided more detail of, a set of regulatory decisions on its air pollution limits.
  • "If implemented, the decision will result in an immediate shutting down of 16,000MW of installed coal fired capacity," Eskom said in a statement.
  • "As such, Eskom is engaging with the [Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment], the Department of Public Enterprises, the Department of Minerals and Energy and others in respect of the way forward."
  • On Monday evening, Eskom's environmental consultants released decisions on its Matimba and Medupi power stations. But also affected are four other power stations, further documents now published by Eskom show: Matla, Duvha, and Lethabo. Meanwhile, Eskom's applications on four more stations (Majuba, Tutuka, Kendal, and Kriel) were only partially granted.
  • For seven other power stations, Eskom said, all of which are due to be shut down by 2030 at the latest, it received partial waivers – but those are not enough.
  • Link: https://www.businessinsider.co.za/trending/eskom-s...
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