RansomStark78
RansomStark78 t1_j5lx9qa wrote
Reply to comment by Speculawyer in Nearly 220 million people in Pakistan without power after countrywide outage | CNN Business by calbert1735
A 15 min google search
Za current renewables are at r 2,02 kwh ( 2012)
15 year life span
but customers are paying r1, 62per kwh
So coal must be cheaper than renewables
Also most heavy users are in the north most energy renewables are in the south
Za do not have transmission capacity to take the power to the north so having more renewables will not help
Apparently transmission capacity is at 100% in the south
RansomStark78 t1_j5lvezo wrote
Reply to comment by Speculawyer in Nearly 220 million people in Pakistan without power after countrywide outage | CNN Business by calbert1735
You mention that wealthy rsa citizens are switching to solar and t his will lead to failure of the national power producer
I googled there are only 400 000 za citizens that make above 1 000 000 zar as per za tax stat
1000000 at xe rate is approx 60 000 usd
There are approx 60-80 mil ppl in rsa
How does 400 000 (possibly half that in number households given that higher in comers earners marry other higher incomes earners)
Result in a income deficit enough to cause the power utility to go into red
RansomStark78 t1_j5lr78j wrote
Reply to comment by Speculawyer in Nearly 220 million people in Pakistan without power after countrywide outage | CNN Business by calbert1735
I did a quick Google search
Rsa has some of the world's cheapest coal
So USA reports are meaningless
RansomStark78 t1_j5lplc1 wrote
Reply to comment by Speculawyer in Nearly 220 million people in Pakistan without power after countrywide outage | CNN Business by calbert1735
Link to a article that does not factor in USA specific subsides
I don't think rsa gets us money as subsides
RansomStark78 t1_j5lj2fb wrote
Reply to comment by Speculawyer in Nearly 220 million people in Pakistan without power after countrywide outage | CNN Business by calbert1735
Everything else you mentioned costs more per kwh than coal
RansomStark78 t1_ja9edg8 wrote
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