Power Shift: Eskom faces threat from independent producers as sales decline
Independent power producers are eating into Eskom’s electricity sales, which are projected to fall 2% per year between now and 2027.
Independent power producers are eating into Eskom’s electricity sales, which are projected to fall 2% per year between now and 2027.
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman struggled to contain his excitement regarding the easing of regulations on independent power producers.
Eskom is committed to the separation of its transmission and generating functions, a process that has proven to be successful in more than a 100 countries.
Karen Breytenbach, who oversaw the expansion of South Africa’s privately owned renewable energy projects, said she was asked to vacate her job about nine months before her contract expires.
In a recent piece on Eskom, The Economist suggested SA could solve the crisis by switching to independent power producers (IPPs) and renewables. It’s wrong.
This week columnist Simon Lincoln Reader analyses why the unions are blaming the Independent Power Producers for Eskom’s woes.
South Africa plans to expand use of renewable power as the coal-dependent nation expects traditional, centralised generation plants to “disappear,” Energy Minister Jeff Radebe said.
This piece finds some natural light at the end of the Eskom tunnel where many of us were convinced it was the headlight of an approaching train.
Standard Bank has allocated R10 billion to fund energy projects in South Africa as the continent’s largest lender by assets grows more confident in its home market and invests in riskier ventures.
Eskom reported a full-year loss as sales of power in Africa’s most-industrialised economy fell and as the utility’s debt measures worsened.