A court battle is looming between the National Energy Regulator and Eskom. The utility wants additional tariff increases for one-point-eight-billion-Rand in bonuses. It’s also trying to recover 69-billion-Rand additional revenue for the next two years. But Nersa says Eskom hasn’t done enough to achieve efficient operations or become financially stable.
South Africa’s transition toward renewable energy is reshaping the national landscape. Across the country, cranes, graders and concrete mixers are hard at work on wind and solar farms that will supply the next generation of clean power. But beyond...
The Just Energy Transition (JET) sets out the plan for South Africa’s carbon neutral future, but there is a glaring question that remains: What replaces base load? Baseload refers to the minimum power needed to meet consumer demand, and renewables...
The City of Cape Town’s energy focus will be on three projects: streetlighting enhancements, the multi-year refurbishment of the Steenbras power plant and the city’s solar PV programme, as well as continued investment in own-build solar PV plants....