Eskom is in exploratory talks with the World Bank over funding for a multibillion-dollar nuclear programme.
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Eskom has threatened to cut power to parts of Johannesburg as City Power’s debt passes R5.2-billion.
The recovery is holding, but Eskom’s own modelling warns of a possible return to blackouts by decade’s end.
Severe weather has cut power across dozens of Cape towns, with restoration delayed by unsafe conditions.
A sluggish renewables roll-out and a looming 2029 supply gap may complicate the timing of Eskom’s plant closures.
Solving energy supply at the production level has not solved power availability problems at municipal level, new data shows.
A draft scoping report says the site is the most viable, but a heritage protection order could complicate the process.
Meta, Amazon and Google are bankrolling advanced nuclear reactor projects to secure power for AI data centres.
Rural electrification is lighting up the Earth at night. But war, blackouts and energy policy are darkening some regions.
A Cape Town start-up has powered an entire Netflix television production base camp on the sun for six months.