How not to get caught up in the power generation story
Bronwyn Nielsen spoke to Nedbank CIB’s Thiago Almeida about the tendency to get caught up in the power generation story.
Bronwyn Nielsen spoke to Nedbank CIB’s Thiago Almeida about the tendency to get caught up in the power generation story.
Connie Mulder says the crux of the president’s plan is to decentralise power generation – a policy shift that couldn’t come soon enough.
Adding thousands of decentralised small-scale power generation projects to the grid could end loadshedding within the next year, says SRI.
Sibusiso Ntshalintshali of Ethekwini’s municipality told Bloomberg that the city will seek proposals for private power generation from any technology.
The privatisation of SAA has excited many South Africans, says John Kane-Berman – but let’s not forget the planned assaults on healthcare and private property.
Government has finally heeded to the calls with Mineral and Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe telling delegates at the Mining Indaba that mining companies “will be allowed to generate energy for self-use”.
South Africa’s struggling power utility Eskom must be fixed because energy security in the region largely depends on it, says the African Development Bank.
State-owned power utility Eskom is in crisis. It’s the single largest threat to South Africa’s economy, according to a former minister of finance.
A hard look at the data for Eskom’s five-year system adequacy for power generation makes for sobering reading, especially when collated by the respected Chris Yelland.
South African Energy Minister Jeff Radebe signed agreements with 27 independent power producers after more than two years of delays.