State-owned electricity producer Eskom is warning that the generation roadmap contained in the Integrated Resource Plan 2019 (IRP 2019) will require a material acceleration in the pace of investment in grid infrastructure so that the renewable-energy plants envisaged in the plan can be integrated in the timeframe outlined. Alternatively, stakeholders should agree to build the new wind, solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage plants that dominate the new-build portfolio to 2030 in regions of surplus grid capacity.
