The 720 watt unit can deliver up to four hours of battery life based on a 150W consumption, covering a TV, lamp, WiFi router and laptop.
The completion of maintenance to a unit at the nuclear plant will add 920 megawatts to the grid
Eskom has sunk on Ramaphosa’s watch. The government needs to get its focus right and fix it
The energy conundrum affects everyone, but the implications for people like Mavis, who are trying to survive the pitfalls of the second economy, rarely get public space
The commission said the goals of the National Development Plan, which it is charged with advancing, ‘cannot be achieved without energy security’
Last week, the country was plunged into stage six load-shedding when Eskom workers went on strike. A wage settlement was reached on Tuesday, but Eskom warned that it will take time to recover
The power utility warned that the system would take some time to recover because maintenance work had been postponed because of the unprotected strike
Number 1 should take some tips from Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and finally clear the cabinet of some deadwood
The utility’s employees went on an unprotected strike but years of poor decisions wrecked the energy producer
This is according to Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, who placed the blame for stage six load-shedding on unprotected strike action
The demonstrations have coincided with stage 2 rotational power cuts which the state-owned utility says will remain in place until Sunday due to the breakdown of four generation units
The power utility is owed huge amounts of money by municipalities — and then there’s sabotage to contend with
Small modular nuclear reactors can help South Africa transition to a low-carbon economy
Lekwa local municipality, which is home to Eskom’s ‘sabotaged’ Tutuka power station, faces rolling blackouts and crumbling infrastructure after governance fell to pieces
But forecasters are expecting the jobless rate to stay elevated, as load-shedding and inflation take their toll
There is a lot bearing down on South African consumers and, without growth, the economy stands to decline
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says the saboteurs are ‘obviously’ people working at facility
The treasury’s relaxation of procurement rules will allow the state utility to attend to its ageing power stations far quicke
Disagreements over a basic income grant, labour law reform and how to save the economy mean consensus is still far off. But trade-offs – and political shifts – will eventually have to be made for there to be any hope of real change
Liquified natural gas needs to be part if SA’s energy mix particularly with the electricity grid being under so much pressure
Even as South Africa grapples with rolling blackouts, the president says there has been progress made in electricity generation by mining and other sectors
The state utility’s generation division is central to the country’s energy crisis as its ageing coal fleet has caused South Africans to put up with 15 years of intermittent load-shedding.
The power utility’s board and management need reinforcements to ready it for the future, the public enterprises minister said
Under siege national power utility cites lower demand as reason for decision
Besieged power utility cites deficit between demand and available capacity
No load-shedding for flood-hit eThekwini metro, because the area is not consuming its daily average of 1 600MW of power
Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter said the forecast for winter blackouts was not dire, but with half of Koeberg remaining offline, nothing was certain
The state-owned utility’s R392-billion debt has hampered its ability to maintain some of its coal-fired power stations, resulting in 14 years of load-shedding
Fuel prices have soared in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, putting South Africa’s power supply at risk
Load-shedding will be in place from 5pm on Monday to 5am on Wednesday
Appropriate policy, supported by a social compact by labour, business, communities and the government, can maximise the opportunities of the just transition
But Greenpeace Africa says the president must let go of ‘gas fantasies’