Energy Minister Jeff Radebe has urged the mining industry to adopt energy efficient activities on its journey towards sustainability. Speaking at the Investing in African Mining Indaba at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Wednesday,...
The growing popularity and affordability of renewable energy technologies could potentially drive the country’s coal industry in a new direction. This is the view of James McKay, spokesperson for energy solutions provider Energy Partners....
The Life After Coal Campaign and Greenpeace Africa have slammed the inclusion of new coal in the updated draft Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP). The organisation argue that aside from the negative consequences for the environment, the...
The draft updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2018) report has been released for public input following Cabinet approval. The adjusted plan will result in an installed capacity mix in year 2030 which consists of: 34 000 MW from coal (46%) 11 930...
While it’s no secret that mining coal and burning it in power stations uses large amounts of water, a new report from the Life After Coal campaign suggests that the associated costs to our water resources and society have been left under-counted in...
Eskom Interim Group Chief Executive Phakamani Hadebe says the power utility is committed to keeping the lights on this winter, despite low coal stockpiles at six of its power stations. According to Hadebe coal stockpiles across all coal-fired power...
Exxaro, Eskom’s biggest coal supplier, might have put a spanner in the works that could affect its coal supply deal with the power utility. Last month Exxaro’s 10-year lock-up period ended. The company announced the unwinding of its black...
The preferred bidders of the first bid window for the coal baseload programme are Thabametsi and Khanyisa, Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson announced on Monday. The Coal Programme which was launched in December 2014 is the first baseload...
Gas-to-power energy is a globally proven energy generating technology that presents new and exciting opportunities for South Africa, according to Sabine Dall’Omo, Siemans CEO. Dall’Omo added that the localisation of in the gas sector will...