South African coal and energy strategy: IRP 2025 outlines future power mix

South African coal remains central to the country’s evolving energy strategy under the new Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025. The roadmap defines how coal will fit into a diversified power mix through to mid-century, with a long-term coal-fired station shutdown schedule and alternative scenarios testing reliability, cost and emissions. A “Delayed Coal Shutdown” case examines how extending certain plants could […]