Solidarity: Small power producers key to resolving electricity crisis
Trade union Solidarity has called on hundreds of small power producers to apply for generation permits.
The calls come amid a prolonged period of load shedding due to Eskom’s lack of generation capacity.
The union believes the independent small power producers are key to resolving the country’s power crisis.
The Head of the Solidarity Research Institute Connie Mulder says if the current trend continues more extreme phases of load shedding will be implemented in future.
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"We call on developers, shopping malls, big companies, resident associations, entrepreneurs, major farmers and others to submit applications for the generation, distribution and sale of power.
“We are convinced that the barriers for private generation of power will break. We want to prepare for it by becoming involved with power generation on small-scale and by creating skills.
"The private sector must now remove all possible bottlenecks. Only if there are many and different types of applications will all the obstacles to private power generation be removed."
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