Tag: Load shedding
Eskom saves R13.7 billion on diesel
Due to load shedding being suspended for over seven months, Eskom’s diesel savings have reached R13.7 billion year-on-year.
In a statement last week, Eskom said load shedding has remained suspended for over...
Eskom delivering ‘exceptional’ performance but Minister remains cautious
Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has warned that although Eskom has delivered exceptional performance to keep load shedding at bay, the country is “not out of the woods...
The SAB Foundation and Industrial Development Corporation launch Township Energy Fund to mitigate energy...
RECOGNISING the negative impact of load shedding on SMMEs and the additional costs associated with adopting alternative energy sources, the SAB Foundation has partnered with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to...
Energy resilience is becoming a business incentive for the City of Cape Town
By Larry Claasen
And lower tariffs could also be on the cards.
THE City of Cape Town's efforts to reduce its dependence on troubled power utility Eskom by increasing its own electricity generation...
City wheeling toward energy secure future
On Thursday 4 April 2024, the Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Councillor Beverley van Reenen, delivered a keynote address at the 3rd Annual Electricity Wheeling Conference and discussed the City’s progress,...
Understanding standby, prime and continuous gensets
South African businesses are increasingly using generator sets to combat power disruptions, but often struggle with selecting the right genset for their needs. Craig Bouwer from WEG Africa highlights the importance...
Cape Town businesses take back power amid electricity crunch
Cape Town’s most successful inner-city business owners are heeding the call to conserve power for the continued prosperity of the city’s vital central business district (CBD).
Leading property developers, world-renowned restaurateurs and...
Port inefficiency threatens to overtake loadshedding as single biggest threat to national wellbeing
John Lawson - CEO of the Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Another year, another blast of hot air about the state of the nation.
But when the sound bites are all cleared...
Art town becomes smart town as community manages own electricity demand
The arts town of Clarens in the Eastern Free State has become the first town in the country where residents are now equipped to manage their own load shedding through a...
Where is the gas coming from?
Robin Hayes questions the economics of gas to power proposals of the new IRP.
THE 2023 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) released by the Department of Minerals Resources and Energy (DMRE) in December...
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Zero Carbon Charge is looking for landlords to house its EV...
By Larry Claasen
ZERO Carbon Charge is looking for landlords around the country on major routes to house its electric vehicles (EV) charging stations.
The goal...