A bright new future is being touted for Mpumalanga’s degraded and scarred coal mining landscapes in the form of solar farms.
Researchers from the Global Energy Monitor (GEM), an NGO based in the United States, have identified 18 potential conversion sites, covering about 250km² of coal mines in Mpumalanga, that will be available for solar build-out.
These sites in the country’s largest coal-producing province, either on closed mines or those expected to close in this decade, are within 5km of the electricity grid.
They could produce nearly 13 gigawatts (GW) of solar energy — twice as much as South…
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