Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter reports that the State-owned utility’s newly created just energy transition (JET) project office is evaluating green financing options that could help accelerate the deployment of renewables and facilitate the repurposing of its older coal plants in ways that improves Eskom’s sustainability and sustains livelihoods in coal mining towns. In a presentation delivered during a South African National Energy Association webinar on Thursday, De Ruyter argued that the JET represented a major opportunity for both Eskom and South Africa and that the office had, thus, been established to ensure that the issue received dedicated effort and attention.
