{"id":24229,"date":"2025-08-10T13:18:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.necsa.co.za\/?p=24229"},"modified":"2025-08-10T13:18:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:18:51","slug":"ramokgopa-welcomes-environmental-approval-for-new-nuclear-facility-in-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/ramokgopa-welcomes-environmental-approval-for-new-nuclear-facility-in-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramokgopa welcomes environmental approval for new nuclear facility in Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewn.co.za\/2025\/08\/10\/ramokgopa-welcomes-environmental-approval-for-new-nuclear-facility-in-cape-town\">Link to News<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-xs\" data-v-e4514667=\"\">\n<p class=\"font-bold text-content-primary\" data-v-e4514667=\"\">Lindsay Dentlinger<\/p>\n<p>Eight years since appeals were lodged, Environment Minister Dion George on Friday gave the go-ahead for Eskom to proceed with the next phases of the project near its existing Koeberg station.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"space-y-4 sm:space-y-6\" data-v-e4514667=\"\">\n<div class=\"w-full\" data-v-e4514667=\"\">\n<p class=\"text-paragraph-xs font-medium text-content-secondary mt-spacing-xs\" data-v-e4514667=\"\">FILE: Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and Deputy Minister Samantha Graham-Mar\u00e9 brief members of the media on electricity distribution and generation performance on 12 August 2024. Picture: GCIS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mt-6 flex flex-col gap-6 lg:mt-8 lg:gap-8 text-base\" data-v-e4514667=\"\">\n<article class=\"richtext prose text-base font-medium lg:text-lg space-y-4\" data-v-e4514667=\"\">CAPE TOWN &#8211; Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has welcomed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewn.co.za\/2025\/08\/08\/eskom-approved-to-build-new-nuclear-power-station-on-outskirts-of-cape-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environmental approval<\/a> for a new nuclear facility in Cape Town, saying the project represents the next step in securing a stable baseload supply for future generations.Eight years since appeals were lodged, Environment Minister Dion George on Friday gave the go-ahead for Eskom to proceed with the next phases of the project near its existing Koeberg station.<\/p>\n<p>Ramokgopa said that nuclear would be a cornerstone of the country\u2019s future energy mix and the project would create high-quality jobs, advance local industrial capabilities and foster skills development.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Ramogkopa said that the decision to overturn the appeals against environmental authorisation, which was granted in 2017, affirmed the importance of a rules-based and science-driven approach to energy development in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Ramokgopa announced that after years of controversy surrounding the expansion of nuclear power in South Africa, his department would be resetting the programme.<\/p>\n<p>He said that nuclear energy had a central role to play in the country\u2019s long-term energy security, alongside clean coal, renewable energy and gas, to provide reliable, dispatchable, low-carbon electricity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we confront the dual imperatives of meeting growing electricity demand and achieving our climate change objectives, nuclear power offers a proven pathway to diversify the energy mix, enhance system stability and support inclusive economic growth,&#8221; said Ramokgopa.<\/p>\n<p>Ramokgopa said that South Africa had a proud record of operating nuclear facilities safely and efficiently, with the Koeberg nuclear power facility having been a key contributor to the national grid for more than 40 years.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link to News Lindsay Dentlinger Eight years since appeals were lodged, Environment Minister Dion George on Friday gave the go-ahead for Eskom to proceed with the next phases of the project near its existing Koeberg station. 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