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Are South Africa’s blackouts a green turning point?

Are South Africa’s blackouts a green turning point?

The Climate Question vor 3 Jahren

Will South Africa's electricity crisis accelerate its switch to renewable energy?

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Worsening energy blackouts are crippling South Africa. They’re
being caused in part by an over-reliance on ageing coal-fired
power stations which can’t produce enough electricity. The
government has an ambitious plan to rapidly build up solar and
wind power by opening up the grid to private providers. But it’s
facing opposition from the coal lobby.

Will this electricity crisis be the thing that finally pushes
South Africa to implement its climate plan? And can it be
implemented in a way that treats all South Africans equally, and
doesn’t unfairly benefit a rich minority?

Presenters Sophie Eastaugh and Luke Jones are joined by: Dr
Nthabiseng Mohlakoana, expert in South Africa’s Just Energy
transition, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands
Steve Nicholls, Head of Mitigation at the Presidential Climate
Commission, South Africa’s Elna Schutz, freelance journalist who
spoke to businesses in and around Johannesburg

Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Producer: Laurence Knight Researcher: Matt Toulson Production
Coordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan Reed Series Producer: Alex
Lewis Editor: Richard Vadon Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell