Efforts are being stepped up to alleviate electricity supply constraints, with government preparing to expand the Independent Power Producer (IPP) initiative, said National Treasury. “Government is stepping up initiatives that will alleviate the...
South Africa’s energy outlook is positive according to the picture painted by President Jacob Zuma in his 2016 State of the Nation Address (SONA 2016) Zuma pointed out that progress has been made to stabilise the country’s electricity supply, with...
Africa’s gas market is set to grow significantly over the next two decades. There is great excitement around the large gas finds in Mozambique, Kenya and Tanzania, which has sparked a gas boom on the east coast. The emergence of shale gas in...
African heads of state, attending this year’s World Economic Forum, launched a New Deal on Energy, on Thursday 21 January 2015. The deal is aimed at securing universal access to electricity by 2025. The theme for WEF 2016 is “Mastering the Fourth...
All cities in South Africa will face an electricity tariff increase of at least 16% in July if Eskom is granted a R22.8 billion adjustment for the 2013/2014 financial year, according to Leslie Rencontre, director of electricity at the City of Cape...
Zimbabwe is getting a 300 MW energy boost from Eskom, as the country suffers a power crunch amid reduced capacity caused by falling water levels at the Kariba dam. This comes as China has reportedly agreed to release US$1.2billion for the...
Failure to get the R22.8bn Eskom wants to recover in its application to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) will weaken the power utility’s balance sheet and worsen its financial ratios, Eskom finance director Anoj Singh...
Government has spent R1 trillion on developing the country’s infrastructure, by the end of 2014. “The expenditure was in areas such as energy, water infrastructure, sanitation, rail, road-based public transport, and hospital revitalisation among...
By Dave Collins An increasingly questionable global energy supply combined with surging population growth, is creating a situation in which the global energy bubble is bound to burst. Scientists are already saying that we need one-and-half planet...
