Plug into this before you divorce Eskom – power fundi
South Africans looking to go 100% off-grid with no backup power from Eskom should be aware that it could come at a high price.
Energy
Breaking news and analyst commentary on the ever-changing energy sector in South Africa. Including conventional and renewable energy sectors and the latest energy producing and storing technologies.
How to steal a billion from Eskom – and leave SA in darkness
Eskom employees and contractors at the Tutuka power station managed to steal spares worth R1.3bn and got away with it.
UPDATED: DA responds to power gauntlet thrown down by Andrew Kenny
This piece simply cries out for a DA response – one which our readers can only eagerly await. Perhaps don’t jump on the Kenny bandwagon just yet.
Ask not who keeps our home fires burning – Koeberg debacle
Koeberg has disgraced itself. It has just shown almost unbelievable incompetence, as if its senior management does not know what it is doing.
Leaving the Earth’s riches alone is bunkum – Ivo Vegter
An eco-lobbyist argues that SA should prohibit efforts to discover and exploit its oil and gas resources, on the grounds that doing so could spark a ‘resource curse’.
DA crashes on energy debate – Kane-Berman
The DA’s shadow minister of mineral resources and energy said his party would not support any expansion of SA’s “nuclear and coal ambitions”.
The pragmatics of energy exploration – HCI response
What has offended is the fact that such surveys are part of a programme of exploration for oil and gas resources.
Dark history: The real reason behind load shedding in SA
SA failed to build new power stations when economic growth and aging plants demanded it. The result? Load shedding, a thorn in SA’s side since 2007.
R90bn in 18 months – Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter’s colossal debt reduction
Just 18 months in the hot seat and Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has reduced debt by over R90bn – remarkable, but there’s still R400bn to pay back.
New brooms and power – Eskom’s painful plan
Eskom Group chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer said the utility would not compromise reliability and mid-life refurbishment to avoid load shedding.