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Renewable energy to make up 42% of new electricity
Cape Town – A total of 42 percent of all new electricity generation will be expected to come from renewable energy over the next 20 years, with the approval of the Department of Energy’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2010 plan, said the Director General of Energy Nelisiwe Magubane today.
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