JOHANNESBURG--February 25, 2013--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--While any generation technology, in theory, can contribute to base load, a higher reliance on volatile technologies, commonly considered to be those associated with renewables, puts pressure on transmission lines and forces a high level of redundancy, said Dr. Rob Adam, the president of the Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa, speaking at the Africa Energy Indaba in Johannesburg last week.
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