Eskom’s delay in approving PPAs could cost country 15 000 jobs – Sarec

The South African economy is in jeopardy of losing 15 000 possible jobs, associated with 26 Department of Energy- (DoE-) approved renewable energy plants, if State-owned power utility Eskom does not follow through with its legal obligations to finalise power purchasing agreements (PPAs) with the private firms who have been earmarked to build and run these plants, warns the South African Renewable Energy Council (Sarec).   The council on Monday said that since 2011, the DoE’s utility-scale ...