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Engineering News – ONLINE 05 November 2014 South African power utility Eskom said the risk of rolling blackouts on Wednesday and the rest of the week was low after engineers had made good progress in repairing the coal supply at a power station after a weekend accident. Eskom had warned pre
South Africa’s energy system on knife-edge – NPC commissioner
Engineering News – ONLINE 04 November 2014 State-owned power utility Eskom is in very real danger of a ratings downgrade, with the energy system on knife-edge at the moment, warns Professor Anton Eberhard, a member of the National Planning Commission (NPC). South Africa has been plunged into
SunPower to open solar panel manufacturing facility in Cape Town
Engineering News – ONLINE 04 November 2014 Solar technology and energy services provider SunPower on Tuesday plans to open a solar panel manufacturing facility in Cape Town in 2015 to meet the growing demand for solar technology in the region. The plant, which would be owned and operated
Delay in SA’s renewable energy programme creates uncertainty
Engineering News- ONLINE 03 November 2014 The government has warned that the extended deadline of November 24 for the financial close of the third-bid-window projects in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme may be missed. Read more…
Sacci urges Eskom to continue communicating with business on power-grid status
Engineering News – ONLINE 03 November 2014 The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) on Monday encouraged State-owned powerutility Eskom to continue communicating with the business community on the status of the power grid over the short to medium term, stating that certainty o
Power prognosis improves, but load-shedding risk persists for Wed, Thurs
Engineering News – ONLINE 04 November 2014 State-owned electricity producer Eskom said it was not anticipating any need to introduce load shedding on Tuesday, having avoided load shedding on Monday. In a system update, the utility also reported that the risk of rotational load shedding had reduc
Eskom warns of cuts throughout week after coal silo collapsesBD
Business Day LIVE 03 November 2014 ESKOM on Sunday warned of power outages for most of this week as the state-owned utility started load shedding for the second time this year. Power interruptions and forced reduction of industrial use of electricity are likely to affect SA’s already tepid economic grow
ESKOM: NO BLACKOUTS EXPECTED TODAY
EWN 03 November 2014 Eskom says it’s managed to stabilise the coal supply at its Majuba Power Station in Mpumalanga and is not expecting to implement load shedding today. The utility says this has averted a crisis at its newest power station, following an unexpected collapse of a coal silo at t
ESKOM: MORE BLACKOUTS EXPECTED
EWN 03 November 2014 Eskom has warned of more blackouts this week as it works to get the Majuba power station back online. One of the station’s silos storing coal collapsed at the weekend, forcing the utility to implement widespread electricity cuts. Read more…
Majuba silo collapse pushes system ‘over the edge’, summer load-shedding risk high
Engineering News -ONLINE 02 November 2014 Electricity utility Eskom confirmed on Sunday that the risk of load shedding had increased materially for the coming week in light of a catastrophic failure of the 10 000 t central coal storage silo at its Majuba power plant at 13:12 on Saturday November 1.
