South Africa is struggling to address the energy security and economic imperatives of the national energy requirements, owing to the delay in implementation of new capacity additions and the reduced energy availability factor and poor performance of its coal fleet, says Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) senior researcher Aradhna Pandarum. The reduced energy availability factor and poor performance of South Africa’s coal-fired power stations is negatively impacting on the country’s ability to implement the planned coal fleet decommissioning schedule outlined in the 2019 Integrated Resource Plan.
