Private wheeling projects have no regulated compensation if the grid operator curtails them because of oversupply.
Browsing: Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
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.
A R7.15-million CSIR study into “clean coal” is done, but the test plant is unbuilt, underfunded and years from results.
The city and the energy department say the arrears are cleared and Eskom has dropped its threat to cut supply.
Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has outlined a major overhaul to South Africa’s electricity pricing policy.
There is a difference between acknowledging complexity and weaponising it to resist change, writes Busi Mavuso.