Johannesburg - There will be sufficient energy supply and infrastructure during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, says the Department of Minerals and Energy.
A tender has already been awarded to construct the Independent Power Producer, in order to secure enough energy, the department's Director General Sandile Nogxina told BuaNews on Thursday, following the country's first energy summit.
"Eskom has also announced the building of the new power stations. We are beginning to invest in the infrastructure. So come 2010, we will be sorted.
"We will not have any energy problems because we would have dealt with the ageing infrastructure."
The department is also part of the 2010 task team that is charged with ensuring the efficiency of energy supply during the tournament.
This includes attending to all issues relating to the security and quality of electricity supply.
Regarding the outcomes of the summit, Mr Nogxina said there was a need to review the 1998 White Paper Policy on Energy, a process expected to be finished towards the end of next year.
"Definitely there will be policy changes because the energy environment is dynamic and changes at global level. We cannot be static in terms of the content of the policy.
"Owing to the geopolitical development since the inception of the 1998 Energy White Paper and various energy challenges that the country has experienced in the recent past, it has become apparent that some of the assumptions that underpinned the policy document need to be interrogated," Mr Nogxina said.
The energy summit's declaration document prioritized energy policy development.
The stakeholders agreed to increase access to affordable energy services; improve energy governance; stimulate economic development; manage energy-related environment impacts and ensure energy security.
"We energy sector stakeholders welcome the opportunity to collectively engage in repositioning South Africa's energy policy to ensure energy security for sustainable and shared growth for all," the document reads.
The stakeholders also resolved to:
* Improve cooperation and coordination between the government departments as well as all spheres of government to ensure integrated planning;
* Commit government departments to support institutional arrangement for transforming and effectively regulating the energy sector and
* Commit the minister and director-general of the department to develop policies taking into account inputs from the proceedings of this summit.
Last month, Joe Phahla, the director general of the government's 2010 Unit said government was "seriously" paying attention to the issue of energy supply ahead of the world cup.
"We are paying serious attention to the issue of power supply taking into account that the world cup will be during the winter season. We will ensure that there are built in back up generators in the stadiums as the requirement from FIFA," Mr Phahla said at the time.
A tender has already been awarded to construct the Independent Power Producer, in order to secure enough energy, the department's Director General Sandile Nogxina told BuaNews on Thursday, following the country's first energy summit.
"Eskom has also announced the building of the new power stations. We are beginning to invest in the infrastructure. So come 2010, we will be sorted.
"We will not have any energy problems because we would have dealt with the ageing infrastructure."
The department is also part of the 2010 task team that is charged with ensuring the efficiency of energy supply during the tournament.
This includes attending to all issues relating to the security and quality of electricity supply.
Regarding the outcomes of the summit, Mr Nogxina said there was a need to review the 1998 White Paper Policy on Energy, a process expected to be finished towards the end of next year.
"Definitely there will be policy changes because the energy environment is dynamic and changes at global level. We cannot be static in terms of the content of the policy.
"Owing to the geopolitical development since the inception of the 1998 Energy White Paper and various energy challenges that the country has experienced in the recent past, it has become apparent that some of the assumptions that underpinned the policy document need to be interrogated," Mr Nogxina said.
The energy summit's declaration document prioritized energy policy development.
The stakeholders agreed to increase access to affordable energy services; improve energy governance; stimulate economic development; manage energy-related environment impacts and ensure energy security.
"We energy sector stakeholders welcome the opportunity to collectively engage in repositioning South Africa's energy policy to ensure energy security for sustainable and shared growth for all," the document reads.
The stakeholders also resolved to:
* Improve cooperation and coordination between the government departments as well as all spheres of government to ensure integrated planning;
* Commit government departments to support institutional arrangement for transforming and effectively regulating the energy sector and
* Commit the minister and director-general of the department to develop policies taking into account inputs from the proceedings of this summit.
Last month, Joe Phahla, the director general of the government's 2010 Unit said government was "seriously" paying attention to the issue of energy supply ahead of the world cup.
"We are paying serious attention to the issue of power supply taking into account that the world cup will be during the winter season. We will ensure that there are built in back up generators in the stadiums as the requirement from FIFA," Mr Phahla said at the time.
- BuaNews
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