A fire has damaged unit 6 at Eskom’s Kriel power station. The incident was caused by a burst oil pipe.
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Eskom’s average of total unplanned outages over the past seven days has declined to 9.5GW.
South Africa has pledged to slash emissions across its fleet of coal-fired power plants.
It’s now been seven months – and counting – since the country’s last episode of load shedding.
A solar panel tax rebate should be reintroduced and expanded, says GoSolr CEO Andrew Middleton.
Eskom has appointed veteran South African IT leader Len de Villiers as its CIO on a three-year contract.
Bailouts for cash-strapped state-owned enterprises have cost taxpayers R456.5-billion over the past nine financial years.
The state-owned utility said the increase is needed to prevent it from returning to the authorities for further financial help.
South Africa has recorded the 200th day of constant electricity supply since Eskom halted load shedding in March.
Eskom has been using diesel-fuelled auxiliary turbines extensively to stave off power cuts.