Solar power moves virtually from farmland in North West to factories hundreds of kilometres away. How it works and what it means for the country’s energy transition
The trusts are designed to ensure that a portion of the profits of renewable energy projects are shared with the people who live near them
A Northern Cape wind project provides a model on how South Africa can implement a sustainable renewable energy programme
Increasing global and national pressures for decarbonisation put added focus on Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s plans
The country’s dalliance with privatisation threatens to push up electricity costs, undermining energy security
Power utility will buy significantly more electricity from IPPs as they come onto the grid, outgoing chief executive De Ruyter tells NCOP
‘It is absolutely unfair and uncalled for to use that kind of language for somebody who tried their best to get the utility out of the mess it is in’
Proposed changes to the Electricity Regulation Act to allow Eskom to buy power from more private suppliers open for public comment
The developers have been left in the cold after the programme was cancelled
The country needs a greener economy but energy specialists say policymakers must ensure the creation of a fairer economy in the process
Experts warn that if Eskom and government does not come to grips with the tariff problem, continued social unrest is inevitable
The state must take control of energy supply to increase capacity with funding from the Public Investment Corporation and the South African Reserve Bank rather than relying on…
But Greenpeace Africa says the president must let go of ‘gas fantasies’
Cyril Ramaphosa says the terms of $8.5-million climate finance offered to South Africa by wealthy countries are not yet set in stone
Lifting the cap on private power generation is aimed at ‘easing Eskom pressure’. Producers won’t need a Nersa licence, but still require other permits
During a podcast discussion, the ailing power utility’s chief executive said there would be efforts to avoid further hurting distressed businesses
Country can’t lose sight of the threat climate change poses, President Ramaphosa says.
The president’s latest energy commitments were meant to have been met years ago, but he struggled to get Gwede Mantashe on board
DA leader John Steenhuisen has called for Ramaphosa to throw out what he termed an ‘outdated 20th century ideology of state control’
More than 11 800MW of new electricity capacity from independent power producers will come online in 2022, giving Eskom space to do more maintenance on its unreliable infrastructure
