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Lameez Omarjee

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Independent Power Producers have to demonstrate that they can secure gas supply for their projects.(Spooh/Getty Images)

Independent Power Producers have to demonstrate that they can secure gas supply for their projects.(Spooh/Getty Images)

The unavailability of infrastructure to import gas was among the factors that led to four gas-based power projects, including three of Karpowership SA's three proposed plants, failing to reach financial close, said head of the Independent Power Producers (IPP) Office Bernard Magoro.

Magoro was speaking at the Africa Energy Indaba in Cape Town this week.

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