Challenges delay projects
Despite strides made to secure wind energy as a solution to power up South Africa, many challenges lie ahead. 31, 264 Megawatts (MW) of wind projects are expected to come…
High Court orders CoJ and City Power to pay Eskom
Eskom is demanding full payment owed by the City of Johannesburg and City Power, following a high court ruling in favour of the power utility yesterday, according to Spokesperson, Daphne…
Eni to protect Great Limpopo forests
Global energy company Eni (Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi) or National Hydrocarbons, has launched a program to protect forests in 4 of Mozambique’s Provinces. Speaking about the project, Eni said in a…
Cable theft nipped in the bud
Cable thieves are caught much quicker with the help of communities in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. This is evident from today’s incident in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth). Advocate Andrew…
First time in history, people can have a power plant in their own homes
Geysers in our homes contribute about 8% to the carbon footprint. But more electricity consumers are turning to cleaner energy such as PV and wind technologies. This is despite upfront…
Eskom reflects on Marokane’s 100 days at the helm
Today is day 80, without loadsheddingand Eskom CEO, Dan Marokane, said unplanned outages are consistently around 12 Gigawatts GW (with a low of 9.5GW at one point).This is below the…
600 Billion required by 2030
About R600 billion is required by 2030 to improve the transmission infrastructure, and secure more clean energy. This emerged at a roundtable event held by the Development Bank of Southern…
Supply interruptions not related to the Zola fire
Eskom’s media practioner has clarified why some areas in the South of Johannesburg are in the dark today.“We are attending to supply interruptions in Dlamini, Jabavu, Meadowlands Zones 4, 7,…
Load reduction begins today for parts of Jhb
Load reduction begins today, affecting at least 80 areas in the City of Johannesburg. City Power’s Isaac Mangena said this is one of several stringent measures to protect the grid…
The Green Connection vs NERSA & DMRE
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA)’s opposition to an interlocutory application should not be misconstrued as being frivolous or obstructive. This is according to Charles Hlebela, Head of…