Power reserve for Monday less than 0.5% of capacity
MONEYWEB 27 May 2013 Eskom battling to keep the lights on in Africa’s largest economy South African power utility Eskom said the reserve margin between forecast demand and s
by China turns up heat in solar panels row
Business Day LIVE 27 May 2013 BEIJING — China warned on Sunday of a trade war with Europe if issues around solar panels and wireless equipment imports were not resolved. Chinese
Merkel in bid to ease China solar-panel row
Business Day – LIVE 28 May 2013 RUSSELS — Most European Union (EU) governments oppose a plan to impose hefty duties on solar panel imports from China, a survey of member st
Electricity demand comes close to overwhelming Eskom capacity
Business Day LIVE 24 May 2013 HE margin between Eskom’s available capacity and peak demand was only 0.4% on Thursday, the national power utility said in a system status bulletin
Power reserve for Thursday less than 0.4% of capacity
Moneyweb 23 May 2013 The second time this month grid came within a hair’s breadth of overloading. South African power utility Eskom said on Thursday the reserve margin betwe
ABB to start central inverter manufacturing in SA next year
Engineering News 24 May 2013 Power and automation technology group ABB on Thursday said it planned to establish a new central inverter production line at its Johannesburg facilitie
ART Solar boosts local solar PV module manufacturing capacity
Engineering News 24 May 2013 South Africa’s first locally owned photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, ART Solar, officially opened its Durban manufacturing plant on Thursday. Th
Anglo to build R5m solar PV system at Kriel colliery
Engineering News ONLINE 21 May 2013 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Mining major Anglo American has awarded SolarPower Africa the contract to build a 240 kWp grid-connected, gr
Eskom was ‘on the brink of a power shutdown’
Business Day LIVE 20 May 2013 ESKOM “came as close to the edge as you can get” last Monday evening when the available power supply exceeded demand by a margin of only 0
DoE to review electricity roadmap once bigger energy plan finalised
Engineering News Online 14 May 2013 The Department of Energy (DoE) will work towards finalising an Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) for South Africa during the current financial year,
