Speakers will be discussing South Africa’s new nuclear power extensively, at a webinar on Thursday afternoon.
They plan to delve into a business case, technical need, safety, risk, flexibility and decarbonisation considerations.
The line-up of speakers include Professor Mark Swilling from Stellenbosch University, Zizamele Mbambo -the Department of Electricity & Energy, Dr Grove Steyn -Meridian Economics, Prudence Madiba -South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI), Makoma Lekalakala -Earthlife Africa and Dr Rob Adam -Independent Strategy and Technology Consultant.
Eskom is considering about 5,200 Megawatts (MW) of new nuclear capacity by 2042.
Thursday’s discussion is expected to move beyond whether nuclear power should remain part of South Africa’s energy landscape to ask-how much of this type of energy, when, where, at what cost and under what commercial model.
EE Business Intelligence is the organiser of the webinar, bringing together a diverse panel of leading experts to interrogate the case for new nuclear power from technical, economic, financial, environmental and societal perspectives.
The webinar comes a day after the Nuclear and Clean Energy Conference, had an engaging Women in Energy Breakfast, chaired by Prudence Madiba, SANEDI’s Chief Executive Officer.
Discussions there, highlighted the importance of strengthening women’s leadership pipelines through mentorship, sponsorship, skills development and international exchange programmes.
Eskom shared its expanded bursary initiatives, while the IDC highlighted funding opportunities for women entrepreneurs across the energy value chain, including green hydrogen, engineering and manufacturing.
The session also discussed the importance of introducing young girls to careers in nuclear energy, renewable energy and green hydrogen.
Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vKkMS_6ATAq5mpKhgCbR6A
Picture from the Women’s breakfast: Moderator- Prudence Madiba – Chief Executive Officer, South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI). Panelists: Nonkululeko Majozi – National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA), Dr. Rebecca Maserumule – Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), Dr. Candice Hartley – Chief People Officer, Eskom, Noxolo Kunene – Women in Nuclear South Africa (WiNSA) and Elizabeth Marabwa – Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE).