Mix of energy generation, storage necessary to end loadshedding – analyst

Amid a widening energy generation deficit, brought on by the declining performance of State-owned utility Eskom’s coal fleet, economics consultancy Meridian Economics energy analyst Dr Peter Klein argues that numerous forms of new generation and storage capacity are urgently needed to reduce loadshedding. “As the intensity of loadshedding has escalated, we have moved away from being short of generation capacity for limited periods, to loadshedding throughout the day,” he says.