Loadshedding
Norway’s Scatec aims to sell power direct to South Africa buyers
By: Bloomberg 18th August 2023 Norway’s Scatec ASA, the biggest solar power producer in South Africa, is considering direct sales to consumers who are forced to scramble for... →
Coal crucial for alleviating poverty and loadshedding
By: Cameron Mackay 17th August 2023 Despite the negative impacts that coal-fired power stations have on the environment and local populations, localized energy solutions developer NET... →
Loadshedding: No special treatment for Joburg during Brics summit, says Ramokgopa
By: News24Wire 14th August 2023 Johannesburg will get no special treatment from Eskom when it hosts a major Brics summit later this month, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho... →
With R9.2bn spent since April, govt insists Eskom is not exceeding diesel budget
By: Terence Creamer 13th August 2023 Government reports that Eskom has spent R9.2-billion on diesel since the start of the State-owned utility’s financial year on April 1, which it... →
Business, household energy bounce back scheme to add 1 GW of capacity a year
By: Schalk Burger 10th August 2023 The National Treasury has launched the Energy Bounce Back (EBB) loan guarantee scheme to facilitate 1 GW a year in additional generation capacity... →
Presidency says progress being made to increase grant funding for Just Energy Transition Investment Plan 
By: Terence Creamer 8th August 2023 The Presidency is exploring several avenues for increasing the grant component in the financing of South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment... →
Eskom slaps conditions on emergency bidders to stop grid hogging
By: Bloomberg 2nd August 2023 Eskom Holdings has imposed conditions to access the national grid on 1 850 MW worth of projects in South Africa that developers including... →
Presidency, business call for expedited passage during current Parliamentary term of Bill overhauling electricity market
By: Terence Creamer 2nd August 2023 The Presidency and organised business have called for the passage of the Electricity Regulation Amendment (ERA) Bill to be expedited within the... →
One-year progress report says rooftop installations have doubled since start of Energy Action Plan
By: Terence Creamer 31st July 2023 Despite ongoing loadshedding, President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to highlight some of the implementation progress under the Energy Action Plan... →
Bid to interdict Eskom's new grid rules fails
By: News24Wire 31st July 2023 Renewable energy company G7 has failed to interdict Eskom from applying its new grid access rules. Had the interdict been granted, the progress of... →
Eskom hands control of Ekurhuleni loadshedding back to the municipality
By: Marleny Arnoldi 28th July 2023 State-owned power utility Eskom has handed loadshedding operations in Ekurhuleni back to the municipality, after having revoked its authority to... →
