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The conversation about #SouthAfrica's looming #electricitycrisis HAS to include coal.
Here's why: 🧵🧵
Here's why: 🧵🧵
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Our energy sector is the 🥈 highest Green House Gas emitter of all the World's Industrializing countries (the G20) 🥲🌍🥲. Coal is responsible for roughly 85% of our energy generation 🤯.
#GHG
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Our energy sector is the 🥈 highest Green House Gas emitter of all the World's Industrializing countries (the G20) 🥲🌍🥲. Coal is responsible for roughly 85% of our energy generation 🤯.
#GHG
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Coal is becoming less #efficient 📉
Its increasing Energy Return on Investment (or EROI) means that a higher energy input is needed to generate electricity!
The exact opposite of #renewable energy☘️… 🙄🙄
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ageoftransformation.org/what-south-afr…
Coal is becoming less #efficient 📉
Its increasing Energy Return on Investment (or EROI) means that a higher energy input is needed to generate electricity!
The exact opposite of #renewable energy☘️… 🙄🙄
👇🏻👇🏻
ageoftransformation.org/what-south-afr…
The conversation about #SouthAfrica's looming #electricitycrisis HAS to include coal.
Why? Let's have a look 🧵🧵🧵
Why? Let's have a look 🧵🧵🧵
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Our energy sector has the 🥈 highest Green House Gas emissions of any the World's Industrializing countries (the G20) 🥲🌍🥲. Coal is responsible for roughly 85% of our energy generation 🤯. #GHG
👇🏻👇🏻
news24.com/amp/fin24/clim…
Our energy sector has the 🥈 highest Green House Gas emissions of any the World's Industrializing countries (the G20) 🥲🌍🥲. Coal is responsible for roughly 85% of our energy generation 🤯. #GHG
👇🏻👇🏻
news24.com/amp/fin24/clim…
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Coal is now less #efficient 📉
The amount of energy required to get coal to create electricity is now higher, so basically nowadays… it’s giving us back less than before!
The exact opposite of #renewables☘️…🙄🙄
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
ageoftransformation.org/what-south-afr…
Coal is now less #efficient 📉
The amount of energy required to get coal to create electricity is now higher, so basically nowadays… it’s giving us back less than before!
The exact opposite of #renewables☘️…🙄🙄
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
ageoftransformation.org/what-south-afr…
(Thread on #ElectricityCrisis: 1/n) The more I look at data, the more it seems that electricity crisis in #Pakistan is less to do with excess capacity and more to do with nature of contracts & governance. A recent webinar by @PIDEpk & a presentation by @EngroCorp makes it clear.
(2/n) A chart from @EngroCorp's presentation shows that #Pakistan is producing just enough to meet its peak demand as of 2020. But this is going to change in coming years. Under low growth scenario, there will be an excess capacity of about 3,500 MW in coming years.
(3/n) Can the govt do something to create an additional demand for surplus electricity? There is between 4,000 to 5,000 MW of installed captive power generation capacity. If govt could incentivise industries to switch from captive power to grid, surplus capacity can be absorbed.
