Eskom war room fixed with restoring plant availability, but stabilisation could be 30 months off
Engineering News – ONLINE 17 February 2015 There is currently no shortage of electricity capacity in South Africa, Department of Energy(DoE) acting director-general Dr W
by South Africa renewables: Industry reveals its benefits
Africa Energy Issue 293 • 29 January 2015 New figures show renewable energy as the one bright spot in South Africa’s deeply troubled power sector. With around 1,600MW of wind
CSIR report welcomed by SA renewables bodies
The Energy Blog 29 January 2015 The South African Renewable Energy Council welcomes the conclusions of a recent CSIR report showing that the net cost of South Africa’s renewa
Eskom, govt drag feet on distributed generators
IT WEB 29 January 2015 Though SA is experiencing dire electricity shortages, the country is taking its time to standardise the use of embedded or distributed generators. So says
Eskom to implement Stage 1 load shedding
FIN24 03 February 2015 Eskom announced on Tuesday that it will implement Stage 1 load shedding from 10:00 to 22:00. Stage one rolling power cuts will be implemented on Tuesday
ACSA invests in solar energy for regional airports
Engineering News ONLINE 02 February 2015 Airports Company South Arica (ACSA) has called on interested parties to bid for the design of two 500 KWp photovoltaic (PV) solar plants,
“ZERO COST” RENEWABLES THE SHORTEST TERM SUPPLY SOLUTION TO EASE ENERGY CRISIS
28 January 2015 The South African Renewable Energy Council welcomes the conclusions of a recent CSIR report showing that the net cost of South Africa’s renewable energy in 2014 w
SAPVIA Grid Access Unit meeting with Eskom's GAU
SAPVIA’s GAS & Eskom GAU met on the 12th November 2014. The discussion points and minutes of meeting can be viewed here
ESKOM IMPLEMENTS LOAD SHEDDING
EYEWITNESS NEWS 26 January 2015 Power utility Eskom has begun implementing load shedding. Read more…
REIPPPP solar facilities surpass predicted performance
Engineering News – ONLINE 23 January 2015 The two solar photovoltaic (PV) energy facilities in the Northern Cape, which form part of South Africa’sRenewable Energy Ind