In hierdie insetsel vir Beleidsradar, op Pretoria FM, gesels James Kemp met Gerhard van Onselen (Strateeg, Sakeliga) en Morné Malan (Kommunikasiehoof, Solidariteit) oor Eskom en die huidige elektrisiteitskrisis in Suid-Afrika.
Daar word gekyk na die onlangse verslag van die Solidariteit Navorsingsinstituut (SNI) oor Eskom en wat die SNI meen nodig is om die krisis hok te slaan.
Malan en Van Onselen kyk verder na die noodsaak van gunstiger kragbeleid asook van beter aansporings om doeltreffender kragvoorsiening in die hand te werk.
Hoewel daar vordering is met die opheffing van sekere perke op opwekking (soos die 100 MW-perk op kleinskaalse opwekking), moet baie meer liberalisering in die plaaslike energiemark nog plaasvind.
Daarby moet nuwe denke en lewensvatbare oplossings moontlik gemaak word. Die voorbeeld van Viëtnam gee ’n goeie idee van wat moontlik is onder ’n beter kragbeleid.
Viëtnam kon soortgelyke probleme oplos deur private opwekking en sonkrag aan te moedig.
Solidariteit doen ’n beroep op kleinskaalse kragopwekkers om in groot getalle aansoek te doen vir permitte om krag te lewer.
Soos Solidariteit sal Sakeliga ook die raamwerk vir kragbeleid fyn dophou en druk uitoefen met die oog op ’n beter kragbeleid.
[English] New Solidarity report with recommendations to resolve rolling blackouts
In this contribution to Beleidsradar on Pretoria FM, James Kemp speaks to Gerhard van Onselen (Strategist, Sakeliga) and Morné Malan (Head of Communications, Solidarity) about Eskom and the current electricity crisis in South Africa.
The team considers the recent report by the Solidarity Research Institute (SRI) on Eskom and what the SRI deems necessary to curb rolling blackouts.
Malan and Van Onselen also consider the need for more business friendly energy policy as well as for better incentives to bring about a more efficient supply of electricity.
While progress has been made by the lifting of certain restrictions on generation (such as the increase of the limit on small-scale generation to 100 MW), the local energy market still requires much greater liberalisation.
Viable solutions require a novel approach. The SRI’s case-study of Vietnam is a good example of what can be achieved under more favourable energy policy. Vietnam succeeded in solving problems similar to South Africa’s by encouraging private generation and solar power.
Solidarity is presently calling on small-scale power generators to apply en masse for permits to supply power.
Like Solidarity, Sakeliga will carefully monitor the power policy framework and will exert pressure with a view to bringing about liberalised power policy.
Daar word gekyk na die onlangse verslag van die Solidariteit Navorsingsinstituut (SNI) oor Eskom en wat die SNI meen nodig is om die krisis hok te slaan.
Malan en Van Onselen kyk verder na die noodsaak van gunstiger kragbeleid asook van beter aansporings om doeltreffender kragvoorsiening in die hand te werk.
Hoewel daar vordering is met die opheffing van sekere perke op opwekking (soos die 100 MW-perk op kleinskaalse opwekking), moet baie meer liberalisering in die plaaslike energiemark nog plaasvind.
Daarby moet nuwe denke en lewensvatbare oplossings moontlik gemaak word. Die voorbeeld van Viëtnam gee ’n goeie idee van wat moontlik is onder ’n beter kragbeleid.
Viëtnam kon soortgelyke probleme oplos deur private opwekking en sonkrag aan te moedig.
Solidariteit doen ’n beroep op kleinskaalse kragopwekkers om in groot getalle aansoek te doen vir permitte om krag te lewer.
Soos Solidariteit sal Sakeliga ook die raamwerk vir kragbeleid fyn dophou en druk uitoefen met die oog op ’n beter kragbeleid.
[English] New Solidarity report with recommendations to resolve rolling blackouts
In this contribution to Beleidsradar on Pretoria FM, James Kemp speaks to Gerhard van Onselen (Strategist, Sakeliga) and Morné Malan (Head of Communications, Solidarity) about Eskom and the current electricity crisis in South Africa.
The team considers the recent report by the Solidarity Research Institute (SRI) on Eskom and what the SRI deems necessary to curb rolling blackouts.
Malan and Van Onselen also consider the need for more business friendly energy policy as well as for better incentives to bring about a more efficient supply of electricity.
While progress has been made by the lifting of certain restrictions on generation (such as the increase of the limit on small-scale generation to 100 MW), the local energy market still requires much greater liberalisation.
Viable solutions require a novel approach. The SRI’s case-study of Vietnam is a good example of what can be achieved under more favourable energy policy. Vietnam succeeded in solving problems similar to South Africa’s by encouraging private generation and solar power.
Solidarity is presently calling on small-scale power generators to apply en masse for permits to supply power.
Like Solidarity, Sakeliga will carefully monitor the power policy framework and will exert pressure with a view to bringing about liberalised power policy.
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