Eskom has launched a tender for the second phase of a project to make land around its power stations available for the construction of private renewable energy projects.
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Senior members of the ANC have blamed a range of factors outside their control for South Africa’s electricity crisis.
High hopes that government will soon lay out plans to take on a majority of Eskom’s debt have lifted the company’s bonds.
Eskom is examining how the suspension of a pact that enables it to import nuclear fuel components from the US.
Petrochemicals giant Sasol has signed three wind-power purchase deals as it shifts towards renewable energy to meet its carbon emissions targets.
Eskom is again looking for a chief executive. But running the utility surely ranks as the worst job in the global energy industry.
South Africa made fresh inquiries about securing electricity supply from Turkey’s Karpowership as it battles its worst-ever power outages.
For many years, critical maintenance was deferred and our power stations were run too hard to keep the lights on. We are now paying the price for these miscalculations.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appealed to Eskom to suspend its biggest electricity price increase in more than a decade.
Eskom will impose load shedding on a continuous basis for at least the next two years, board chairman Mpho Makwanan has warned.