The 155MW, R4-billion project by Seriti Green will provide electricity for coal mining operations in Mpumalanga.
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The state-owned utility said it will impose stage-6 load shedding on Tuesday evening as it fights breakdowns at its underperforming coal-fired power stations.
The government is considering declaring a national state of disaster as record power cuts cripple the economy.
Parts of Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city, are being subjected to renewed water-supply cuts as ongoing electricity shortages disrupt pumping operations.
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.
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.
Eskom is again looking for a chief executive. But running the utility surely ranks as the worst job in the global energy industry.
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.