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South African Emergency Powership Deal Scrapped Due to Environmental Concerns

Image sourced from Karpowership SA. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_964.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_964.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Karpowership has been refused environmental approvals for three gas-to-power projects in South Africa. Approvals were blocked by the country’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment for reasons including that it did not comply with public participation rules. The Turkish company gained significant media attention after it was announced the winner in a 2000 megawatt (MW) government emergency power tender designed to help ease the massive strain on South Africa’s embattled power utility Eskom and lessen the impact of the rolling blackouts the country faces every year. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_349.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.td...