South Africa’s dependence on the fossil fuel and burning it in power stations uses 5% of water and pollutes even more
Irregular contract modifications have caused both costs and delays to escalate
The former PIC chief muses over PIC debt-for-equity, privatisation and selling off power stations
Wood from mango and orange trees is charred for smoking shisha, while the charcoal from casuarina, camphor and olive trees is used for barbecues
The treasury’s rejection of South32’s proposal to increase the value of its Eskom contract by R1.2-billion could spark a coal shortage for the parastatal
South African giants in the firing line as investor decides to drop carbon-heavy companies
The current restructuring plan for the state-owned entity won’t solve its problems, but there is a way to make the power utility work successfully
South Africa needs to seriously start thinking about shifting its energy focus. This is for two reasons. The first is that the country’s important exports — coal and platinum — face potential collapse with the imminent shift of global energy markets. A number of factors are driving this. The move away from vehicles powered by […]
Five companies, led by Zurivision, have taken the department of mineral resources to court over its awarding of a licence to the Aussie mining giant
Most sectors of the economy reported negative growth, with mining, manufacturing and transport suffering the biggest falls
South Africa can transition from coal to renewable energy – if it lays careful plans
The 2015 Paris Agreement calls for blocking global warming at well below 2C, and 1.5C if possible
But analysts say that cost-plus mines would mean ‘a subsidy for private investors’
Despite the exorbitant costs of new facilities, they are not delivering on expectations
Eskom is spending R4.5m more on coal each day because of contracts that are lucrative for certain producers
Solar and wind farms on shuttered coal mines in Mpumalanga would liberate us from Eskom
In Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Bloemfontein and Cape Town, the air people breathe is often so dangerous that it is killing them
Germany and China lead the way, and now South Africa is starting to see that renewable energy could be its ‘saviour’
According to testimony before the Zondo commission, Eskom appears to have misled treasury about the quality of coal from a Gupta-owned coal mine
Eskom was effectively ‘fooling the system’ when it made a multimillion-rand prepayment to the Guptas for coal from the ailing Optimum coal mine
Coal is still very much part of South Africa’s energy mix, given the abundance of the mineral, Energy Minister Jeff Radebe has said
Coal mining is an industry increasingly under threat as countries around the world look for ways to phase out fossil fuels to combat climate change
The ten-year contract is expected to end in 2025
In the new Integrated Resource Plan, wind and solar will provide 25 000MW of capacity by 2030
The numbers don’t add up as emissions from coal-fired power stations are allowed to grow
After calling on South Africa to cut down on coal, the environmental activist organisation has been criticised as anti-worker
Greenpeace says the province has the highest levels of air pollution and the group has called on government to come up with a plan to address this
The town is failing to fix pollution, and oil, fats and grease from factories aren’t helping
Radebe and his department were briefing the portfolio committee on energy on the latest IRP, released at the end of August
At present, almost 90% of South Africa’s electricity mix consists of coal, but many of these plants fail to meet the required emission standards
It’s been a long time coming but, finally, the new blueprint switches off nuclear in favour of a mixed power grid
‘The truth is that coal kills, and no more money should be going into more coal’