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Angela van der Berg, Director of the Global Environmental Law Centre; Associate Professor Department of Public Law & Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape, University of the Western Cape

South Africa’s power utility Eskom tried to block a gold mine from going solar – but lost in court

South Africa’s national energy policy says: build more renewable power facilities and build them fast.

But getting the players in the energy space to do that is proving to be difficult. Around 74% of the country’s electricity is generated by coal-fired power stations owned by the state-owned electricity provider, Eskom. This makes South Africa a highly coal-dependent economy.


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