South Africa Energy Minister Jeff Radebe plans to encourage investment in gas infrastructure as part of a strategy to attract $25 billion of investment to its energy sector, writes Iain Esau.
On the agenda is a gas pipeline running from Mozambique’s Rovuma basin to South Africa and shale gas developments, if a resource base is established.
These would supplement proposed investment in renewable energy and possible nuclear reactors although the electricity generation mix will be decided when the government of President Cyril Ramaphosa updates its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) in August.
