A scheme by employees at ABB to pay bribes for contracts at Eskom nearly fell apart in a dispute over who would share in the spoils, US court filings show.
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National treasury warned it can’t just come up with the money needed to allow Eskom to fire up its open-cycle gas turbines.
Eskom has commenced work with Hyosung Heavy Industries on the construction of a huge battery energy storage system.
Eskom confirmed that it took the decision to delay taking one of the units at the Koeberg nuclear power station offline on Wednesday due to the energy supply crunch.
Introducing EVs into the domestic market makes little sense while South Africa remains dependent on fossil fuels for power generation, a VW executive said.
Eskom has more than 24GW of generating capacity unavailable for use, with more than 19GW of that not available due to plant breakdowns.
Practically every appliance and electronic device you have plugged in at home is using some electricity — even when it isn’t in use or even turned on.
France’s Engie expects to move forward with three South African solar projects this week.
“Stage-6 load shedding will be implemented from 12pm until further notice,” Eskom said in a brief statement on Twitter.
The South African Reserve Bank has raised concern about the threat an inadequate and unreliable power supply poses to financial stability.