South African coal producer Seriti Resources plans to invest R12-billion in building a 450MW wind farm in Mpumalanga.
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Many South Africans are not waiting for government to fix the energy crisis, driving a boom in small-scale solar installations.
Seriti Resources has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Windlab Africa’s wind and solar energy assets in an R892-million deal.
The simple unbundling of South Africa’s power sector alluded to by the president could herald a new era in South Africa’s energy future.
There’s been outrage from some quarters about reports that Eskom intends to increase the connection fee for electricity users who also generate their own power.
Karpowership said its appeal to overturn an environmental ruling has failed in another blow to South Africa’s attempts to resolve its power crisis.
Progress in bringing generation capacity online, coupled with low weekend demand, means Eskom will no longer implement load shedding on Sunday.
Eskom will implement load shedding at stage 2 on both Saturday and Sunday between 4pm and midnight as it continues to struggle to cope with demand.
Eskom has welcomed the sentencing of three cable thieves, who stole at least 564kg of its aluminium overhead conductor cable.
US investors with more than $1-trillion of assets under management are in South Africa to look for investment opportunities.