Today, as I speak to you, our fourth wind turbine is probably on its way up, Seriti Resources Group CEO Mike Teke, who has also just opened a new coal mine down the road from the turbine in South Africa’s Mpumalanga coal province, told the Coal & Energy Transition Day on Wednesday, July 23, in answer to questions put to him by mining luminary Bernard Swanepoel, who chaired the well-attended event. (Also watch attached Creamer Media Video.) Speaking immediately after Electricity and Energy Ministry special adviser Silas Zimu declared that quicker-to-rollout renewables were what would save South Africa as far as commercial, residential and agricultural energy needs were concerned, Teke put 20-years-plus on South Africa’s coal-dominant energy base rather than Zimu’s 15-years-plus estimate.
Martin Creamer
www.miningweekly.com
