Renewable energy could close the gap between demand and supply, ending load-shedding. But out-of-pocket Eskom must find money to upgrade its transmission infrastructure first
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Only the government — not Eskom or municipalities — can address load-shedding by building more capacity and ensuring sufficient supply, the parties said
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The president tells party leaders that the new electricity minister will also be a project manager for Medupi and Kusile power stations
With Eskom and most other entities in states of disrepair, the relevance of the department of public enterprises is questioned
Employees, including senior staff members and contractors, have stolen or deliberately broken equipment, which has contributed to load-shedding
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The Mail & Guardian spent time with the residents of Thuthukani, and heard of how a once ‘beautiful’ town had degenerated.
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
Coal orders from Europe have increased in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but dysfunctional local infrastructure remains a challenge
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Load-shedding will be in place from 5pm on Monday to 5am on Wednesday
Some 4 435MW of power is out on planned maintenance, and another 8 093MW has been lost because of breakdowns to units at various power stations
Eskom has had 11 chief executives and countless board changes in 10 years, and its condition remains just as critical. Will another reshuffle make a difference?
Stage four load-shedding rolled out to ensure the polls on Monday 1 November are energy secure
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Stage-four outages will continue until Friday after the loss of two units during the night, and three in total at Medupi, Kusile and Matla power plants tripping
The new plant can’t meet World Bank’s loan conditions or sulphur emissions limits
Pumping limited resources into a project that is predominantly meant to extend dirty coal energy in South Africa is not what local communities and the climate needs.
After a lengthy absence from public life, Deputy President David Mabuza returns to Parliament, providing assurances that rolling blackouts are temporary
On 31 July 2020, the Mail & Guardian published an article with the headline “Eskom cancels dodgy R100m tender”. The headline was false and no contract was ever cancelled between Eskom and IDS Africa as no tender was awarded for the maintenance of boiler tubes at Medupi Power Station. IDS Africa was not found guilty […]
Before Big Coal, Lephalale was a small town with little water and few jobs. Two power plants have changed it
The energy department last week took out a draft of determinations proposing more than 13000MW of power to be supplied
Eskom’s negotiators in a R100-million maintenance contract came back with a proposal to push up the costs