Water-energy joint strategy key to SA's sustainable development

South Africa is once again walking the knife edge of an energy security crisis. We, again, appear to be two steps short of continuous rolling blackouts in the most extreme scenarios of demand management. Diversification of the solution box is key to a more comfortable energy future. And in doing so, thinking out of the transformer box is key. One of the earlier energy enterprises in human history is of course water. Firstly, using the kinetic energy in running water to turn water wheels, then moving on to more sophisticated engineering in the form of traditional hydropower from large dams and reservoirs.
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