Eskom sizes up $1bn loan from World Bank

With investment in coal-fired plants set to decrease in line with the government's proposals in its draft integrated resource plan released last week, Eskom's new investments - after the Kusile coal-fired plant - are likely to focus on renewable energy.

Steve Lennon, Eskom MD for corporate services, said this week that "as a minimum" the utility wanted to commission almost 2000MW of solar thermal energy by 2030, "but with a possibility of a lot more, depending on how the business case comes out".