South Africa’s electricity supply and demand has been balanced. This is the view of Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba. “The country’s power system is under constraint but I’m happy to announce that both Eskom and government have...
The South African Biogas Industry Association (SABIA) will be launched at the Africa Energy Indaba in February 2013 by experts who believe that biogas should no longer be lumped together with other alternative energy sources, but holds enough...
This excludes the interest owed. The electricity debt in Soweto amounts to R3.3 billion, Eskom said on Wednesday. This was excluding the interest owed, spokeswoman Hillary Joffe said. “The payment level in Soweto is well below 20 cents. This...
New tariff hikes are on the cards as Cabinet has named Eskom as the owner and operator of planned nuclear power stations. Cabinet has named state power utility Eskom, the owner and operator of the six nuclear power stations, that state plans to...
South Africa is way ahead of the US when it comes to water policies and preserving water but lacks the skills to implement these policies. This was the view of some of the foremost local and international experts on water sustainability at a water...
The government has signed the first round of agreements with independent power producers that will see an initial 1 400 megawatts of renewable energy being added to South Africa’s energy mix, while bringing an estimated R47billion in new...
SOUTH Africa needs cheap and reliable energy, no one could dispute that. But renewable energy is neither. As a wandering albatross that clattered onto my balcony this week told me, it is actually making e-tolls on Gauteng’s freeways look positively...
Roger Price, the chief executive officer of Windlab, says that with the electricity price of 97 cents per kWh for Eskom’s new coal-fired power stations, wind has become the cheapest form of electricity generation, with an average price of 89 cents...
The Ekurhuleni MetropolitanMunicapilityhas launched the only solar power plant of its type in the country at the OR Tambo Precinct. This is good news, especially with the current limited supply of electricity while demand continues to increase. The...
