南非财政部长普拉温·戈尔丹（Pravin Gordhan）解释说 ， “ 为了保持增长，我们需要创造工作机会，除了建立新的发电能力，我们别无选择 — — 而这依赖于当前我们最丰富和负担得起的能源：煤炭。
As the South African finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, explained, “to sustain the growth rates we need to create jobs, we have no choice but to build new generating capacity – relying on what, for now, remains our most abundant and affordable energy source: coal.”