Mercedes C350e: Plugin hybrid driven and tested
Miles Downard gets behind the wheel of the Mercedes C350e plugin hybrid to discuss the merits of combining petrol and electric power.
Electric power
Bladeless wind turbines – never bet against human ingenuity
Never under-estimate the power of human ingenuity. Especially in a rapidly developing field like energy.
Eskom: Let’s celebrate, we’ve gone 18 days without loadshedding
Eskom has met the country’s electricity demand while operating its generation fleet in a sustainable manner for over two weeks.
Eskom loadshedding – Not just “Boers” making a plan
With cash-strapped Russian President Vladimir Putin pushing SA into a R1-trillion nuclear deal that would burden taxpayers for decades, local businesses are growing increasingly restive, looking for ways to share resources and eliminate Eskom from their lives.
Hip hooray! – Eskom: No load shedding today
“There is currently no load shedding as Eskom has enough generating capacity to meet the demand,” the power utility said in a statement.
Power outages: the biggest brake on South Africa’s economic growth?
Power outages are the biggest brake on South Africa’s economic growth, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said Monday, as factories, homes and offices across the country continue to suffer from long electricity cuts.
Eskom: Sowetans “need education” about electricity economics
Sowetans received a rude awakening on economic realities last Friday when they joined the rest of electricity starved South Africa. Their harsh introduction to load-shedding was a ten hour switch-off.
Barclays offers glass-half-full look at Eskom challenges
We had half an hour of load-shedding this morning. As it wasn’t scheduled by Eskom the State-owned monopoly remains on track to break eight consecutive days of rolling blackouts.
Minister vows no blackouts looming
Despite blackouts taking place for two days running nationally, South Africa is in “no way close” to a total power blackout, according to a government minister.
Eskom: Stage two blackouts for Wednesday
“Eskom will implement stage two load shedding from 4pm today, which is likely to continue until 10pm this evening,” the power utility said in a statement.