If you hear Koeberg nuclear power station’s sirens going off on 5 March, there is no need to race to the Huguenot tunnel to shelter from the fallout – it is just a test. The station, on the coast north of Cape Town, will test its public warning system as part of its
Energy regulator Nersa has postponed its announcement on the Eskom tariff hike decision until Tuesday, following finance minister Pravin Gordhan’s swipe at the power utility on Wednesday. Gordhan said at his press briefing ahead of his
Five people convicted for cable theft were on Monday collectively sentenced to 140 years behind bars, Eskom has announced. The group was sentenced in the high court, sitting in Kroonstad. “The thefts occurred mainly in the Free
Expect load shedding 20 hours every day if South Africa doesn’t build 20GW of new power stations within a decade, a nuclear energy proponent warned on Tuesday. “If we don’t come up with a strategy to build 20GW of coal or 20GW of
Eskom believes that its experiences over the past few years will assist it in making better decisions on how to keep the lights on. “We have become wiser in our risk management approach. You can only do that with the benefit of hindsight. We have learned, and today we do things differently
Eskom CEO Brian Molefe on Wednesday said there would be no load shedding for the rest of summer and going into winter. “Our prognosis is that there will be no load shedding for summer, autumn and going into winter,” Molefe said at the quarterly state of the power system briefing
Opposition to Eskom’s proposed tariff increases gained momentum on Tuesday as energy regulator Nersa closed its session for hearings in Cape Town. Eskom has applied for a R22,8bn adjustment for its 2013/2014 financial year. If this is granted, it is expected
All cities in South Africa will face an electricity tariff increase of at least 16% in July if Eskom is granted a R22,8bn adjustment for the 2013/2014 financial year, according to Leslie Rencontre, director of electricity at the City of Cape Town. Eskom made a regulatory
Energy regulator Nersa will start public hearings on Monday as part of Eskom’s application to recover an additional R22,8bn through an electricity tariff increase. The Nersa public hearings will start in Cape Town and end in Midrand on 5 February
Eskom envisages a bigger role for itself in the nascent renewable energy industry in South Africa, according to Ayanda Nakedi, senior GM of Eskom’s Renewables Energy Unit. The department of energy’s Renewable Energy Independent Power
