Small-scale renewable energy funded through Eskom’s Standard Offer programme
ESI-Africa Online Journal: 3 July 2012: Small-scale renewable energy solutions, produced from zero or low carbon source technologies and derived from naturally regenerative or practically inexhaustible resources, are the latest addition to the list of energy efficient technologies funded through Eskom’s
Clean Energy & Sustainability e-briefing: South Africa grants further IPP tender deadline extension
Eversheds Online: 27 June 2012: The Republic of South Africa’s Department of Energy (“SADoE”) has announced that the bid deadline for its third round of tenders for renewable energy projects has been further extended from 14 June 2012 to 14 August 2012. The third bid submission deadline is now 0
SA peak demand at 35 GW
02 July 2012: ESI Journal Online 2 July 2012 – Winter in South Africa, which sees the annual electricity demand peaks reach their highs, has seen peaks of about 35 GW reached at the end of June, particularly during the evening peak hours from five PM to nine PM. The most critical period within this
Eskom to sever state backing that allows cheap debt
02 July 2012: Money Web Online Eskom Holdings, which is spending $40bn to end the power shortages afflicting South Africa’s economy, plans to sever the government backing that allows it to borrow more cheaply than most emerging-market utilities. South Africa’s biggest state-owned borrower shares the n
Greenpeace Africa seek investment in renewable energy
28 June 2012: Coast Week Online Greenpeace Africa on Monday urged the South African government to push national power utility Eskom to increase investment in renewable energy. In a new report, the advocacy group said South African communities are at risk of losing access to water due to huge reliance on c
TMF World Energy Map: Africa
29 June 2012: Daily Finance Online Oil and natural gas currently dominate the African energy story. The continent is home to a mix of developed and emerging economies, many of which have recently found an awful lot of natural resources on their doorsteps. Read more…
Eskom ‘Going Wrong Way’, Warns Greenpeace
26 June 2012: NGO Pulse Online Greenpeace criticises Eskom for forging ahead with investment into water-hungry coal fired power stations Greenpeace says that power utility Eskom, which generates about 95 percent of South Africa’s power, is steaming ahead with investment into water-hungry coal-fired gene
The secret of the electricity tariffs
29 June 2012: IOL News Online The National Energy Regulator (Nersa) has decided how much City Power may charge you for electricity from Sunday, but won’t say what this is. Nersa officials confirmed that the regulator, which sets electricity prices, made a decision on tariff applications by City Power a
Brighter future by 2030
29 June 2012: Mail and Guardian Online The solar project is one of 15 renewable energy and energy-efficiency demonstration sites co-ordinated by Project 90 by 2030 across South Africa. The aim is to show the technology available to ordinary households to relieve them of the need to rely on burning fossil
Africa: Beyond Capitalist Green Economy – in Defence of Mother Earth and the Commons
All Africa News Online: 28 June 2012: The Democratic Left Front calls for action against destructive corporate interests that are driving the commercialisation and commodification of the natural environment. As a South African eco-socialist organisation which actively mobilised at the Durban COP17 Summit,