Unit 1 at the Koeberg nuclear power station near Cape Town tripped on Monday, but Eskom – which operates the facility – said there is no reason for concern about safety.
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Eskom has posted a fourth consecutive annual loss as it continued to service a mountain of debt, repaired ageing plants and lost electricity revenue because of a drop in demand.
Eskom, which supplies almost all South Africa’s electricity from coal-fired power plants, is considering spending R106-billion on wind and solar energy by 2030.
South Africa has started geological mapping at the country’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) site, where it plans to…
Eskom was able to avoid national rolling blackouts on Thursday evening, but only because there was a reduction in demand and because it made extensive use of emergency generation resources.
South Africa is again on the brink of load shedding after Eskom was forced to take several power generating units off the grid on Thursday.
Eskom plans to reduce its output of coal-fired power by between 8GW and 10GW through plant closures over the next decade, a cut that amounts to up to 30% of its current capacity.
Eskom has denied a media report that the company is actively recruiting new employees, saying it is “not hiring any new staff” and that there is “no recruitment drive”.
Government on Thursday published changes to the Electricity Regulation Act, making it official that power producers of up to 100MW will not require a licence from energy regulator Nersa to operate.
A new report from Eskom points to the potential of new energy projects soon needing to consider locations outside of the Northern Cape. By Jan Fourie.