Reforms in South Africa’s energy sector, while proceeding glacially, are setting the scene for clean, private power generation.
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On 1 July, electricity costs for some of South Africa’s poorest people went up by as much as 60%.
Herman Maritz is grateful that Eskom may finally have load shedding licked – even if that means fewer people are using the app formerly known as EskomSePush.
South Africa’s plan to expand its power grid, now the biggest bottleneck to replacing coal with renewables, has hit a snag.
Municipalities owe Eskom R82.3-billion in arrears, which the embattled power utility is struggling to collect.
Households are still installing rooftop solar despite South Africa’s now four-month-long reprieve from load shedding.
Sawea has raised concerns about a decision to reject Eskom’s application to reserve grid capacity for renewable energy projects.
Eskom has reached a milestone in its ongoing recovery plan; it’s something it hasn’t achieved for the past six years.
Eskom plans to compete with private power developers by replacing coal with cleaner technologies over the next decade.
The Koeberg nuclear power plant will be allowed to run one of its two units for another 20 years.