For South African municipalities, microgrids present a strong business case in terms of power security and sustained supply, especially for critical infrastructure during downtime on the national grid. By Shireen Sayed The latest update to the...
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa has removed a redundant demineralisation water treatment plant at a large power station in Gauteng, and successfully replaced it with a new de-ionisation plant using Rapide Strata 18+ twin-bed...
The Grootvlei power station re-launch comes as Eskom prepares for a coal shortfall in 2018. The facility has been ceremonially re-opened following a R7,2 billion refurbishment. The event drew a strong contingent of ANC supporters, raising questions...
By Brian Dames, CEO of Eskom Eskom has learnt some painful lessons over the past few years during our first massive expansion programme in 20 years and the largest ever undertaken in South Africa. It would be hard to overstate the size of the...
Cabinet has approved the building of a third coal-fired power station by Eskom essentially freeing the parastatal to take its infrastructure investment programme beyond the two coal-fired power stations currently being built. Trade and Industry...
Most South Africans are oblivious to the fact that we are in the worst grip of a crisis that has major negative implications for every one of us both now and in the future. People are ignorant of the electricity crisis because “the lights are still...
