A media interview with the company behind a Free State town’s efforts to end load shedding has Eskom all hot and bothered.
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Book review | In Truth to Power, former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter writes that decisions taken in 2007 will haunt South Africa for years to come.
Government is processing applications for projects to produce 9.8GW of renewable energy, equating to about a third of South Africa’s total current demand for electricity.
Karpowership has secured government permission to moor its ship-mounted power plants at three of South Africa’s harbours.
It’s going to be an exceptionally “hard” winter for South Africans, Eskom said, with record stage-8 power cuts possible.
Eskom may have to implement stage-8 load shedding this winter if its interventions are not effective.
Eskom has moved to assure South Africans that there is no imminent collapse of the power grid.
South Africa will issue a request for proposals before the end of the year seeking 2.5GW in new nuclear energy generation.
South Africa is ahead of its target for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases.
The public enterprises minister undermined upper management, disrupting efforts to end the nation’s energy crisis, said former CEO André de Ruyter.