Tag: Electricity
There is a low risk of rotational loadshedding today
Residents and businesses are encouraged to use electricity sparingly to ease the demand of electricity. Switch off geysers as well as all non-essential lighting...
Can SA solve its energy crisis?
Breaking up Eskom’s vertically integrated model will help turnaround the ailing power utility and create more efficiencies in the energy sector.
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How the price of petrol, electricity and food in South Africa compares to other...
South African consumers have had a tough year. This is according to Tsitsi Hatendi-Matika, head of retail at Absa’s wealth and investment management unit, who...
MARECHAL for ARC flash protection
The DECONTACTOR™ design includes a safety shutter which effectively eliminates the source of arc flash exposure by containing any discharge within the socket’s arc...
New electricity substation doubles capacity
The brand new R114-million industrial substation in Atlantis will soon provide double the electricity and services for businesses and residents in the area.
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Power cuts put children in danger
As South Africans face the threat of more load shedding, a first-of-a-kind study has revealed the cost that planned blackouts are having on the...
Five ways to save on electricity this winter
When winter comes around to the Mother City each year, we find ourselves dealing with cold as well as the high electricity bill because...
South Africa’s municipal electricity tariffs are hurting the economy
South Africa’s machinery and equipment industries have recently come under huge pressure. Falling demand after the 2008 financial crisis and rising energy costs have...
Going off the electricity grid still too costly in SA
Smart alternative grids are great for areas with no electricity but at the moment they are very costly, which communities probably can’t afford.
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Sefisa says electricity price increases will stifle growth in industry
Electricity price increases are among factors that will stifle the growth of the metals and engineering cluster, Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa...
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