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
SA IN FOR A POWERLESS WEEKEND
EWN 12 December 2014 More load shedding is expected across South Africa this morning as Eskom battles to keep up its diesel and water reserves. The power system has remained severely constrained for the past few months due to a unit outage at the Majuba Power Station in Mpumalanga as well as ongoing mai
Eskom announces stage 2 load shedding
FIN24 28 November 2014 Eskom will implement rotational load shedding in stage 2 over the weekend in a bid to augment its water and diesel reserves for the week ahead, it said on Friday afternoon. Load shedding will be from 6:00 to 22:00 on Saturday and 8:00 to 22:00 on Sunday. Read more…
Eskom offers voluntary separation packages
Engineering News ONLINE 26 November 2014 Eskom has asked its staff to consider voluntary retrenchment packages, a spokesman confirmed on Wednesday. “We can confirm that we have announced the process by which employees can apply for voluntary separation packages,” spokesperson Andrew Etzinger