Tag: outages
Eskom planned maintenance outages aimed at improving performance
Minister in the Presidency for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says the current intensity of load shedding is due to planned maintenance outages to fix...
How to get started with solar: a step-by-step guide
By Christiaan Hattingh, Managing Director of energy solutions provider, AWPower
With South Africa experiencing its worst year of loadshedding to date, we’re seeing a surge in demand...
Is your genset primed to switch on when the lights go off?
A back-up power supply such as a genset is critical to replace overall electricity demand during loadshedding. However, it is vital that such important...
Load shedding to continue until Wednesday
Stage 2 load shedding is set to continue until 5am on Wednesday, Eskom has announced.
“Over the past two days, Eskom teams successfully returned a...
Power Shortages in South Africa Could Get a Whole Lot Worse
An electricity-supply crisis is looming in South Africa that could make intermittent outages in the past few months seem trivial by comparison.
Eskom Holdings SOC...
Start planning for load shedding this week says Eskom
Power utility Eskom said on Monday afternoon that South Africans should start planning for load shedding to take place sometime this week.
This...