Higher load shedding stages back
State power utility Eskom has announced that load shedding will be ramped up to higher stages due to delays in the return to service...
Eskom aims to recoup up to 1500MW from electricity demand reduction
Eskom Acting Group Chief Executive, Calib Cassim, says the power utility has launched a national demand side management initiative which could save some 1500MW...
Cape Town launches R1,2bn solar plant project with help from C40 and GIZ
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced that the City will design, build, and operate a R1,2 billion solar PV plant with battery storage...
Addressing energy access a key discussion point at Enlit Africa in Cape Town in...
“Africa at intersection between affordability, reliability and access to power”
THE challenge of improving access to energy will be addressed at the upcoming Enlit Africa...
Eskom committed to addressing wasteful expenditure
Eskom Acting Group CEO, Calib Cassim, says the power utility is committed to addressing irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
This after the power utility was...
City to issue largest power tender yet – 500 MW to help with load-shedding...
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced that the City is this week issuing the largest of its load-shedding protection tenders to date –...
When integrity fails: The networks linked to Eskom contracts
The Kusile corruption case shows former Eskom executive Matshela Koko allegedly tried to use his politically connected businessman friend to launder a bribe payment....
De Ruyter accepts SCOPA’s invitation on Eskom allegations
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on 1 March 2023 received a letter from Mr Bheki Hadebe, MP requesting the committee to urgently...
Electricity wheeling could play vital role in City’s electricity future
Electricity wheeling is one way to help address the country’s energy shortages and the City too has been running a pilot project on wheeling...
City sits down with local tourism operators to talk energy plans
Last week, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth, Alderman James Vos; Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Councillor Beverley van Reenen; and Cape...
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