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South Africans looking for signs of an end to the latest round of power cuts were left disappointed after the minister responsible for power utility Eskom said he doesn’t have answers yet.
The Development Bank of Southern Africa is funding a program intended to give renewable energy projects in the electricity-starved country a boost by making them more appealing to commercial banks.
Eskom’s air pollution has fallen well behind its peers in other parts of the world, including developing countries such as India and China.
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.
Saddled with debt equivalent to about 8% of South Africa’s gross domestic product, Eskom isn’t able to produce enough electricity to meet demand.
Two new coal-fired power plants being built in South Africa, which will be the continent’s largest once completed, are “badly designed and badly constructed”.
Chris Yelland, investigative editor of EE Publishers, unpacks how Eskom’s technical travails are impacting on its woeful bottom line.
There has been much speculation in the media on the pending restructuring and unbundling of Eskom.
South Africa is looking to spend billions of rand to secure energy from megaprojects on the continent at a time when Eskom is broke and struggling to supply enough electricity.