More than 165 000 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels have been installed at the Droogfontein Solar Photovoltaic Plant. The project will supply the Eskom gridline with 85 458 MW per year. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) says the new R1.5...
Wind Energy Facility The Sere Wind Farm Facility is located in a good wind resource area at Skaapvlei Farm within the Matzikama Municipality, in the Western Cape, South Africa. The National Energy Regulator (NERSA) has granted a license for Eskom’s...
The continent’s leading utility and energy professionals and projects were honoured and successes in the industry throughout 2013 were celebrated at the African Utility Week Awards. More than 5000 power and water professionals have gathered for the...
Gauteng-based structural steel product manufacturer Structa Technology has successfully undertaken, delivered and commissioned a 4.2 Mℓfire water tank project for state-owned power utility Eskom’s coal-fired Medupi power station. This is the...
South Africans switched off their lights for Earth Hour, saving 575 MW of electricity – enough electricity to power Polokwane. Lights went out from 20:30 to 21:30 on Saturday for the Earth Hour initiative. Eskom also switched off non-essential...
“South Africans have shown that we have the power during Earth Hour to make a difference when Eskom confirmed last year that we had switched off and achieved a massive, combined 629MW average reduction on our electricity usage”, says Nicolette...
Economic regulators should cut back cost overruns of large infrastructure projects by limiting user tariffs used to repay them. National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa) Patrick Mabuza told this to a recent conference hosted by Nersa and...
Turbine installation at the Jeffreys Bay wind farm, one of the first and largest wind farms in South Africa, is complete and commercial operations are expected to begin this month. All 60 turbines have been installed over an area of 3 700 hectares...
The implementation of the carbon tax is postponed to 2016, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced during his budget speech. According to the Budget Review, the National Treasury and the Department of Environmental Affairs have agreed that the...
