Heavy carbon emitters will pass costs of new tax on to consumers.
Although renewable energy is being hampered across Africa by an uncertain regulatory regime, the sector has exploded in South Africa in recent years.
Africa’s green energy bigwigs will converge on Johannesburg later this month to showcase the lastest technologies for alternative energy sources.
Sunfire Solutions has empowered people to show members of their community how using solar energy to cook can drastically cut their electricity costs.
Eskom’s sudden withdrawal of an objection to Glencore’s merger with Xstrata, since coming to an agreement with the company, has puzzled observers.
Eskom faced heavy fire from business and civil society on the first day of public hearings on its application for electricity tariff increases.
An offer of free LED globes is one way in which the power utility is trying to reduce consumption, writes Don Boroughs.
Independent power producers could provide more than 60000MW of conventionally produced electricity, according to the department of energy.
As costs keep rising, South Africans keep buying assets but they borrow money so that they can eat, writes Lisa Steyn.
The recent powercuts that hit about 620-million people in India were a sign of a democracy that takes power from its people, writes Randeep Ramesh.
Namibia has plans to become a big energy player but consumers will feel the pain this winter, writes John Grobler.
A couple using pre-paid electricity have received a R1.5-million water and lights bill from the City of Johannesburg.
Just 4000 tonnes of thorium could satisfy South Africa’s electricity needs for 100 years, writes <b>Peet du Plooy</b>
Municipal electricity consumers may become more vulnerable to increasing power charges should proposed changes be made to legislation.
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/ 12 January 2012
Eskom says the performance of the country’s power system has improved since Monday, with the parastatal saying it would continue to be on alert.
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/ 2 December 2011
Municipal electricity costs are coming under fire as the state gears up to review South Africa’s electricity pricing policy.
Zimbabwe’s electricity regulator has ordered a 31% tariff increase, to ensure the state-owned power utility Zesa’s stays profitable.
Recent research showed that the production of energy requires huge amounts of water, a side effect of electricity not often considered by consumers.
Contrary to popular belief, it is not the poor residents of Soweto who steal the most electricity in South Africa — it is commercial enterprises.
Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee co-ordinator Bobo Mokhoba gets a charge out of social activism.
As the days get colder, it’s time for electricity to join the likes of cards.
Lights will go out around the world on Saturday with hundreds of millions of people set to take part in the Earth Hour climate change campaign.
Eskom has already signed contracts with independent power producers to avoid rolling blackouts, the power utility said on Tuesday.
A lawyer says Eskom and the Department of Energy will not let go of its hold on electricity production, even if consumers suffer.
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/ 11 November 2010
Government announced Cabinet has approved a R20-billion equity injection for Eskom over three years in a bid to strengthen the utility’s finances.
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/ 11 November 2010
State holdings are to be liquidated to fund a R20-billion equity injection for Eskom’s build programme, government said on Thursday.
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/ 26 October 2010
South Africa’s needs pale when compared with India’s, which are astronomical.
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/ 20 October 2010
Cheaper money and lower cost have made green energy even more attractive to producers.
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/ 18 October 2010
The IRP2010 has shown the way forward but it’s not going to be plain sailing.
The demand for electricity and water — two resources essential for a growing world — is expected to increase dramatically over the next 20 years.
Busa backed the urgent need for a World Bank loan to Eskom as a part of a larger borrowing programme by the power utility.
The ‘E’ word, electricity, hardly got a mention in the budget; private supply seems a distant dream.