Mineral Resources and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe, says the country’s natural resources and the development of the renewable energy industry has the potential to accelerate the economy and set the country towards a low carbon economy state. Mantashe was addressing the Solar Power Africa conference in Cape Town, on Wednesday. “Government recognises the role that renewables are playing in the just energy transition. We are a coal-based energy economy. We need to diversify our energy mix as we transition from high carbon emissions to low carbon emissions. “With the natural resources we have f…

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