Browsing: Energy and sustainability

Sites, grid connections and power-purchase agreements are in place for 180MW, but nothing is generating yet.

Households will not be able to choose who sells them electricity when South Africa’s competitive electricity market opens.

A R7.15-million CSIR study into “clean coal” is done, but the test plant is unbuilt, underfunded and years from results.

The city and the energy department say the arrears are cleared and Eskom has dropped its threat to cut supply.

Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has outlined a major overhaul to South Africa’s electricity pricing policy.

There is a difference between acknowledging complexity and weaponising it to resist change, writes Busi Mavuso.

South Africa’s biggest data centre operator expects renewables to cover more than half its consumption by the end of 2027.

Generation fell 8.1% in June to the weakest reading in seven years, while Eskom’s fleet ran better than at any point since 2017.

Investors have been waiting to see whether South Africa would actually follow through on real energy sector reform.

Eskom recorded a daily energy availability factor of 80.24% on 20 July, its best single day since 20 September 2017.