electricity

  1. Kevin Lancaster

    SA's electricity crisis

    Electricity mess in South Africa Electricity problems converge as the outgoing Eskom CEO departs, writes Chris Yelland
  3. QuintonB

    Electricity crisis isn't going anywhere: expert

    Expect electricity problems for years: expert A South African electricity expert says that we should prepare themselves for a “torrid few years”
  4. S

    Question regarding to electricity tarrifs - Centlec

    Hi. I live in bloemfontein, so Centlec is supplying the power. I would like to hear some opinions please regarding this situation: I moved in 2 months ago into a flat. The electricity is split into two where both parties buy prepaid . My electricity runs through a "rotating disc meter" and...
  5. LazyLion

    Machine Dependent, Sick Baby dies during Power Outage

    A one-year-old boy from Kimberley who was dependent on an electrically powered oxygen machine died during a municipal power outage, Beeld reported on Wednesday. Kutluano Kok was born with a chronic lung ailment, and according to his mother, Sylvia Kok, they were given an oxygen machine at the...
  6. LazyLion

    Crane Accident cuts power to one third of Vietnam

    One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation's power grid. State electricity company EVN said in a statement Thursday that the blackout occurred Wednesday after the crane operator knocked a tree down onto...
  7. LazyLion

    Green Light for Eskom Wind Farm

    The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has granted Eskom a licence for its Sere wind farm in the Western Cape, the power parastatal said on Monday. "This is an exciting milestone in Eskom's move towards a cleaner energy mix," Eskom CEO Brian Dames said in a statement. "Sere is our...
  8. LazyLion

    ESKOM, SABC launch 'Power Bulletin'

    Eskom has partnered with the SABC to give South Africans daily real time information on the power system, the power utility said on Wednesday. "The new power bulletin initiative announced today [Wednesday] aims to encourage South Africans to shift their energy usage during the peak demand...
  9. LazyLion

    Gas a 'Game Changer' for SA: ESKOM CEO

    Gas can be a "game-changer" for South Africa in the power sector, Eskom CEO Brian Dames said on Tuesday. He said Eskom was particularly aware of the deficit in access to electricity, and that there was a growing role for gas in the country and in the sub-Saharan region. "It is a lot less...
  10. LazyLion

    Eskom Reviewing Tariff Decision

    Eskom is reviewing the implications of Nersa's decision to grant it a lower than requested electricity tariff hike, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Wednesday. "We are studying it in detail, because we need to understand what will happen to Eskom's operations through the...
  11. LazyLion

    Unlicensed Coal Mines Supplying ESKOM

    Eskom has been buying coal from 19 South African coal mines which do not have water licences, for at least two years, it was reported on Monday. Under the National Water Act it is illegal for a mine to start up and operate without a water licence, Beeld reported. According to the...
  12. LazyLion

    Media to Tour Medupi Site

    Members of the media gathered at the Medupi power station in Lephalale, Limpopo, on Thursday to tour the construction site, which has been hit by a series of delays. In the invitation, Eskom CEO Brian Dames said the media would be updated on progress at Medupi and on the "state of the power...
  13. LazyLion

    More Nuclear Power Plants Needed: Motlanthe

    South Africa needs more nuclear power plants to meet growing electricity demand, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Monday. "We need to produce electricity in other parts of the country to spread the electricity production points around the national grid," Motlanthe said at the...
  14. B

    WAMSR - the solution to global power power?

    If this live up to expectations, without hidden surprises, this looks like the solution to our power problems!
  15. LazyLion

    Boksburg Power Out Again?

    This is becoming a very regular occurence now! Anybody else without power?
  16. LazyLion

    Ermelo Faces Power Cuts

    The Msukaligwa (Ermelo) municipality, in Mpumalanga, will meet with Eskom to prevent it from cutting power to the town, it said on Thursday. "The executive mayor and the municipal mayor will meet Eskom tomorrow [Friday]. I don't want to pre-empt anything," municipal spokesman Mandla Zwane...
  17. LazyLion

    Four Injured in East Rand Blast

    Four men were critically injured after an apparent explosion at a power station on Monday night in Rondebult, Boksburg on the East Rand, paramedics said. "All the information that was gathered [suggested] that it was some form of explosion while the men were working on a transmitter," ER24...
  18. LazyLion

    More Power Cuts Expected for Alberton

    Residents in Alberton, east of Johannesburg, can expect more power cuts next week, Ekurhuleni municipality said on Friday. After more than five days with no electricity in five areas of Alberton last week, more outages were expected to happen from Sunday, said spokesman Sam Modiba. This...
  19. LazyLion

    Alberton Power Back by Monday

    Power should be restored to all parts of Alberton by the end of the day on Monday, the Ekurhuleni municipality said. "The current situation is the power is out. We are still aiming to restore power by the end of today [Monday]," said spokesman Sam Modiba. Parts of Alberton have been...
  20. J

    Independent grid owner and operator needed in SA

    SA needs independent grid: FMF The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has said that SA needs an independent grid owner and operator
  21. J

    Eskom reveals price increase plans

    Eskom wants 16 percent increase Eskom has said that the company wants a 16 percent price increase annually for the next five years
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