South Africa is paying for power it throws away, so the minister is buying batteries, not solar panels

Business BagelChristian Maidman · 8 October 2026 at 03:30

Payouts for wind and solar power the grid cannot take are heading for R2.4 billion this financial year, and the minister's fix is 9,600 megawatts of batteries and gas.

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