Eskom ‘blackout’ free until April? Pushing nuclear expansion.
South African power utility Eskom does not expect to implement electricity blackouts until April 2016 and wants the government to proceed with a planned nuclear fleet expansion.
South African power utility Eskom does not expect to implement electricity blackouts until April 2016 and wants the government to proceed with a planned nuclear fleet expansion.
India’s new prime minister is turning to nuclear energy to ease a power crisis made worse by the cancellation of hundreds of coal mining permits, but he faces scepticism both at home and abroad.
The haste with which South Africa’s Government has back pedaled on the proposed $50bn nuclear deal with Russia’s Rosatom has been matched only by the uproar created by the initial announcement. Whatever happens next, the nuclear lobby is now very much on the back foot with suggestions that before any decision is made there is a re-think … Read more
The recently announced deal struck with Russia for the supply of nuclear power plants “has all the hallmarks of the corrupt arms deal”, the Right2Know Campaign said on Friday. “The US50 billion deal is estimated to cost the country 20 times the arms deal, and this price is bound to go up once contracting is … Read more
After the outburst of public anger around South Africa’s $50bn nuclear power plant deal with Russia, chief economist Azar Jammine offered a more sanguine view.