Shortages of grid connections is a significant obstacle that must be addressed as South Africa endeavors to increase its power generation capacity to put an end to its unprecedented blackouts, according to the head of an office that procures power from private producers.
Since 2008, the continent's most industrialized country has experienced rotational blackouts due to state utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.'s inability to meet demand from an unreliable fleet of coal-fired plants prone to breakdowns.