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OPINION: South Africa’s Nuclear Energy Dilemma: A 40-year Reflection of Energy Choices and the Ongoing Debate – CAJ News Africa

OPINION: South Africa’s Nuclear Energy Dilemma: A 40-year Reflection of Energy Choices and the Ongoing Debate – CAJ News Africa

CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – IN April 2024, South Africa will mark the 40th Anniversary of using nuclear power, while non-energy nuclear technologies have been around in the country since mid-1960s. The Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant sets South Africa apart as the sole African country with the most advanced form of energy generation, at least
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OPINION: South Africa’s Nuclear Energy Dilemma: A 40-year Reflection of Energy Choices and the Ongoing Debate – CAJ News Africa

OPINION: South Africa’s Nuclear Energy Dilemma: A 40-year Reflection of Energy Choices and the Ongoing Debate – CAJ News Africa

CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – IN April 2024, South Africa will mark the 40th Anniversary of using nuclear power, while non-energy nuclear technologies have been around in the country since mid-1960s. The Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant sets South Africa apart as the sole African country with the most advanced form of energy generation, at least
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Eskom’s Hex battery the first of eight utility-scale projects being deployed across four provinces

Eskom’s Hex battery the first of eight utility-scale projects being deployed across four provinces

Eskom has officially started operating the first of eight utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects being introduced as part of Phase 1 of a World Bank-funded programme to add batteries with a combined storage capacity of 199 MW and the ability to discharge 833 MWh of electricity over a minimum of four hours. The project in question is the 20 MW/100MWh Hex BESS site, which has been built on Eskom’s distribution network in Worcester in the Western Cape using batteries supplied by Hyosung, of South Korea.
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