#FirstThingsFirst: What to make of Ramokgopa’s new IRP, which accommodate nuclear and ‘clean coal’.
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The Siz The World team weighs in on what to make of Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa's new Integrated Resource Plan 2025 (IRP 2025) which raises gas load factor to 50% as adjustments are also made to accommodate nuclear and ‘clean coal’, The IRP 2025 includes several policy adjustments that deviate from the least-cost scenario modelled, including a raising of the minimum load factor to 50% for the initial gas-to-power (GtP) plants proposed for construction by 2030.
Throw Out: The team asks, why was such a nuclear deal deemed not good enough during the Zuma years, but deemed sufficient in the current administration even when it costs more today.
Throw Out: The team asks, why was such a nuclear deal deemed not good enough during the Zuma years, but deemed sufficient in the current administration even when it costs more today.
