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Mining Weekly writes that an analysis of the Department of Energy’s (DoE’s) recommended plan in the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2018 (IRP 2018) shows that there will be a 30,000 net increase in employment in the electricity industry to 2030.
This will be despite a 100,000 fall in coal jobs over the period. In its response to the draft document, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) said the plan would result in reduction in coal jobs even with the contested inclusion of two new coal-fired independent power producer (IPP) projects with a combined capacity of 1 000 MW. The fall in coal employment relates primarily to the decommissioning of 9.9 GW of coal capacity from Eskom’s existing fleet between 2020 and 2030. The CSIR analysis of the recommended plan shows that 60,000 new jobs will be created in the gas sector to 2030, while the deployment of solar PV and wind will contribute up to 110,000 jobs by 2030. Overall, employment is expected to rise by 30,000, from around 365,000 jobs in 2020 to 395,000 in 2030, despite the fall in coal jobs. The CSIR intends to undertake further analysis on other scenarios included in the draft IRP 2018, but recommends that investigations be made into ways of addressing the socioeconomic impacts of the electricity transition, with a particular focus on the coal sector and workers within that sector.
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