Browsing: Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

Government will publish its evidence-based case for 5.2GW of nuclear power at the end of November.

EXSA, already licensed to trade locally, now wants to move electricity across Southern African borders.

Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa wants bilateral traders to pay a wheeling fee that funds free electricity for the poor.

Ekurhuleni won ministerial approval this month to buy 2.4GW of electricity from independent power producers.

Private wheeling projects have no regulated compensation if the grid operator curtails them because of oversupply.

Battery storage planned for the next decade is being brought forward because the grid is throwing away surplus power.

Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced Mteto Nyati will stay on as Eskom chairman.

Government maps 95GW of offshore wind, but no law lets anyone lease the seabed yet.

Carbon capture makes coal dearer every year, while solar and batteries get cheaper with every passing quarter.

Households will not be able to choose who sells them electricity when South Africa’s competitive electricity market opens.