anton eberhard

  1. Jan

    Private citizens have, in one year, installed rooftop solar capacity equal to government's whole REIPPP programme to-date

    South Africa's rooftop solar revolution The South African private sector has installed 4,411.50MWp (potential megawatts) of rooftop solar — double the amount procured through the government's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement (REIPPP) programme. Energy expert Anton...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • anton eberhard eskom kgosientsho ramokgopa renewable energy independent power producer procurement programme (reippp) solar photovoltaics
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  3. Jan

    Eskom's EAF is better, but still worse than last year

    Counting Eskom chickens Energy expert Anton Eberhard has cautioned against counting Eskom’s chickens before they’ve hatched. This comes after electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa talked up Eskom’s improving energy availability factor (EAF).
  4. Jan

    Eskom electricity prices vs inflation from 1970 to 2023

    South Africa's electricity price nightmare Eskom's average annual electricity tariff increases over the past 15 years have surpassed inflation drastically, an analysis from energy expert Anton Eberhard has revealed. Despite this, the power utility says the National Energy Regulator of South...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Why battling Eskom's 19% price hike could be a bad idea

    Why battling Eskom's 19% price hike could be a bad idea The National Energy Regulator of South Africa's (Nersa) approved 18.65% electricity tariff hike for 2023 can only be altered through legal action, which could result in an even higher increase. The price increase is set to take effect on...
  6. Jan

    Over 4,000MW generation capacity offline because of human error and poor planning at Eskom

    Eskom's big problems Eskom is in deep trouble. Its power stations are collapsing, it has run out of money to buy diesel for its open-cycle gas turbines, and there is no coherent plan to stop load-shedding. Energy expert Chris Yelland said in addition to the usual random breakdowns at Eskom’s...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • ankerlig anton eberhard chris yelland eskom gourikwa koeberg power station kusile power station load-shedding medupi power station petrosa pravin gordhan
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  7. Jan

    Gordhan says they secured some diesel for Eskom - payment arrangements TBD

    Good news for Eskom’s diesel problem Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan told parliament on Wednesday that his department has secured 50 million litres of diesel for Eskom from PetroSA. This comes after Eskom told energy analyst Chris Yelland that it had stopped ordering diesel due to...
  8. Jan

    Anton Eberhard highlights "code red" at Eskom

    Eskom's code red The risk of load-shedding between September 2022 and September 2023 is remarkably high, according to Eskom's likely risk scenario for the year ahead. The outlook — which covers the 52 weeks ending mid-September 2023 — shows that Eskom could likely be more than 2,001MW short to...
  9. Jan

    South Africa's power grid needs an upgrade before it runs out of capacity

    South Africa must fix major weak point to save Eskom and end load-shedding South Africa could face limitations in connecting renewable power sources due to a lack of grid capacity in some areas of the country. This is according to Anton Eberhard, the director of Power Futures Lab at the...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • anton eberhard eskom independent power producer (ipp) renewable energy
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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