South Africa is moving away from coal – how mines and power stations could be used for green energy and farming
Globally, nearly 7,000 coal mines, more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants and hundreds of coal rail networks, trucks and port terminals all make up the world’s coal industry. When coal is phased out and green energy phased in, these coal assets can either be abandoned or turned into something that is useful for communities.
Sandeep Pai and Jennifer Broadhurst researched how India, South Africa and the US are repurposing their coal assets. South Africa is moving away from burning coal to generate electricity and the research suggests that coal infrastructure could be turned into new agricultural and renewable energy hubs.