Does South Africa face an electricity grid collapse?
Engineering News – ONLINE 11 December 2014 South Africa is facing its worst power crisis since 2008. As the country’s struggling power utility, Eskom, battles to cope with demand for electricity, millions face the prospect of years of “load-shedding”. Eskom’s CEO Tshediso Matona h
Cabinet sets up electricity ‘war room’ as it unveils five-point stabilisation plan
Engineering News – ONLINE 11 December 2014 Cabinet has approved a five-point plan to address the current strain on South Africa’selectricity system as well as the creation of a technical “war room” to undertake various interventions to improve supply security over the short and medium te
MORE ROLLING BLACKOUTS ON THE CARDS FOR TODAY & TOMORROW
EWN 11 December 2014 Eskom says there’s a high risk of load shedding today and tomorrow as diesel supplies are running out. The utility implemented rolling blackouts for three consecutive weekends and again on Monday due to several problems at existing power plants. Read more…
Solar PV industry – making a contribution towards increased electricity supply security
Solar PV industry – making a contribution towards increased electricity supply security It’s been just over one year since the first set of solar PV projects – from the first round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPPP) – went online. During this time, the contr
Call for Eskom to declare national power crisis
FIN24 09 December 2014 Eskom must declare the rolling blackouts a national crisis, DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane said on Tuesday. Maimane was speaking outside the offices of the public enterprises ministry in Pretoria where he handed over a list of demands addressed to minister Lynne Brown. Read
Call for rethink amid delays to South Africa’s renewables procurement
Africa Energy – Issue 2940 04 December 2014 An industry body has called for a fundamental rethink of renewable energy procurement as third- and fourthround REIPPP bidders face new delays, writes Dan Marks. The announcement of preferred bidders in the fourth round of South Africa’s multi-billion
ESKOM: SORRY, BUT LOAD SHEDDING IS HERE TO STAY
EWN 08 December 2014 Eskom Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tshediso Matona says load shedding is here to stay, at least for the next few months as the utility tries to stabilise an extremely constrained system. The country experienced load shedding for a third consecutive weekend and again this mornin
Eskom load shedding under way
FIN 24 05 December 2014 Eskom will start with phase 2 load shedding at 11:00 on Friday morning until 22:00 on Friday night, spokesperson Andrew Etzinger told Fin24. This is because the electricity grid remains constrained. Read more…
ESKOM IMPLEMENTS STAGE 3 LOAD SHEDDING
EWN 05 December 2014 Eskom has confirmed it has implemented stage 3 load shedding. Read more…
Eskom to implement rolling blackouts
Engineering News – ONLINE 05 December 2014 South African power utility Eskom said it would implement rolling blackouts on Friday and into the weekend as the electricity grid continues to be constrained. “The power system has been seriously constrained today, we will begin load sheddin