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Zama LUTHULI

S.Africa Offers A Lesson On How Not To Shut Down A Coal Plant

Before it turned off the switches in October 2022, the plant fed 121 megawatts into South Africa's grid (Credit: AFP)

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 little in a process that offers caution and lessons for countries intending to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and switch to renewables.

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