Call made for commission of inquiry into South Africa’s power crisis
Engineering News – ONLINE 02 October 2014 A respected energy-policy academic has called on President Jacob Zuma to appoint a commission of inquiry into South Africa’s
by WWF research demonstrates renewable energy growth opportunities in SA
The World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa (WWF-SA) has always advocated in favour of renewable energy as a necessity to combatting climate change and increasingly expensive fossi
Renewables delay a 'concern' as connection risks rise
Engineering News – ONLINE 01 October 2014 Some concern has been expressed about recent delays to South Africa’s hitherto successful Renewable Energy Independent Power P
Eight-day Sasol Solar Challenge starts on Saturday
Engineering News – ONLINE 26 September 2014 The biennial, eight-day Sasol Solar Challenge kicks off in the country’s capital, Pretoria, on Saturday, and is set to end in
Energy efficient buildings deliver better returns – study
Engineering News – ONLINE 22 September 2014 Energy efficient commercial buildings in South Africa delivered better returns than non-energy efficient buildings, a new stud
Cape Town signs first embedded electricity generation contract
Engineering News – ONLINE 23 September 2014 In a boost for renewable energy, the City of Cape Town has signed its first small-scale embedded electricity generation contra
S Africa signs nuclear power deal with Russia
Engineering News – ONLINE 22 September 2014 South Africa signed a nuclear power cooperation deal with Russia on Monday that paves the way for the building of up to 9.6
Nersa finalising distributed-power, wheeling consultation papers
Engineering News – ONLINE 19 September 2014 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) will release a consultation paper in February next year outlining the po
SA electricity prices hurting the poor, despite protection measures – Frost & Sullivan
Engineering News – ONLINE 18 September 2014 Despite apparent legitimate reasoning behind State-owned power utility Eskom’s electricity tariff increases, increased cost
With 32 units in need of ‘surgery’, Eskom says unplanned outages to remain
ENGINEERING NEWS – ONLINE 16 September 2014 Electricity producer Eskom warned on Tuesday it would take some time to arrest the current high levels of unplanned outages, rev