Renewable Energy is not Suitable for South Africa

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I think that since South Africa is an economically unstable country renewable energy is not suitable at this stage in time for South Africa. President Zuma says, "Our country needs a stable and growing mining industry," Zuma said. "Mining has been a key feature of this country's economy for more than 130 years." Since our mining industry is taking strain our economy is unstable. New power stations which are some of the largest in the world are soon to be completed. “The Medupi power station is a new, dry-cooled, coal-fired power station being built by Eskom near Lephalale in Limpopo province, South Africa. When completed, the power station will have six boilers each powering a 798-megawatt (MW) turbine, producing 4,788 MW of power. This will be the largest dry-cooled, coal-fired power station in the world. Kusile is the second most advanced coal-fired power plant project in Eskom’s system after the Medupi power station.” These power stations are also some of the most expensive and i know this because The power utility told parliamentarians that finance costs on its new power statio...

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