energy

  1. Luis

    Small Western Cape town converting waste into fuel

    Small Western Cape town converting waste into fuel The small town of Greyton in the Western Cape, situated at the foot of the Riviersonderend mountain range, is using biomass digesters to convert waste into fuel. Through the Greyton Transition Town (GTT) initiative, the town has been rolling...
  3. Luis

    New mechanism to purchase prepaid electricity in South Africa

    New mechanism to purchase prepaid electricity in South Africa Eskom plans to offer a new way to buy energy for prepaid customers called Easy Electricity, which will allow its customers to purchase electricity units in both rand and kilowatt-hours (kWh). Eskom announced the new mechanism on its...
  4. Luis

    Eskom CEO gets huge pay increases

    Eskom CEO gets huge pay increases Eskom increased its chief executive's salary by nearly R5 million in the 2025 financial year, despite the company being in serious financial distress. The state-owned company also increased the annual salaries of its staff by an average of R167,000, the...
  5. Luis

    Small town farmers install 2,930kW of hydroelectric energy

    Small town farmers install 2,930kW of hydroelectric energy A group of farmers in Cookhouse, in the Eastern Cape, built a series of hydroelectric projects with a total generation capacity of 2,930kW. The projects allowed the farmers to eliminate their reliance on Eskom and contributed to...
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  6. Luis

    Northern Cape town with two globally rare solar power plants

    Northern Cape town with two globally rare solar power plants Pofadder in the Northern Cape, often regarded as South Africa's epitome of a remote, dusty "backwater" settlement, is the only town in the country to host two concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. The name Pofadder is Afrikaans for...
  7. Luis

    Three municipalities in South Africa face losing all electricity

    Three municipalities in South Africa face losing all electricity Three municipalities could see their power cut off by Eskom, unless they enter into an arrangement to settle their outstanding municipal debts. This comes after Eskom initiated Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA)...
  8. Luis

    Rooftop solar user charged R380,000 by municipality, told "no issue with billing system"

    Rooftop solar user charged R380,000 by municipality, told "no issue with billing system" A Durban resident with a large rooftop solar installation recently received a municipal bill reflecting electricity charges of nearly R380,000. According to the resident, this amount of consumption was...
  9. Luis

    Shady Eskom diesel contracts worth hundreds of millions exposed

    Shady Eskom diesel contracts worth hundreds of millions exposed Eskom may be losing hundreds of millions of rands every month despite having a forensic report that could help stop the losses, AfriForum alleged in a statement on Tuesday. The civil rights organisation’s Private Prosecution Unit...
  10. longboy

    US pulls out of South Africa energy deal

    Pretoria says it is looking for alternative funding for projects that would have been carried out with Washington’s support. The electrification of South Africa’s informal settlements through a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-driven Power Africa’s five-year...
  11. HansRoos

    Using heatpump to generate electricity?

    Is it possible to use a heatpump to generate electricity? Thus far I haven't really found effective, thermal efficient methods of converting hot water to electricity. Sure one can theoretically use the heat to turn a steam turbine, but those are only 36% thermal efficient. What other ways can...
  12. Prawnapple

    Wits University energy innovation may alleviate load-shedding woes

    https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-06-24-wits-university-energy-innovation-may-alleviate-load-shedding-woes/
  13. dawidmsnyders

    Eskom settled a fifth of its debt in the past year

    Eskom settled a fifth of its debt in the past year Eskom reduced its debt by almost a fifth after repaying matured loans and benefiting from a more favorable exchange rate, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said. Debt fell to 401 billion rand ($29 billion) at the end of March, from...
  14. J

    Wind and solar now provide more power to South Africa than nuclear

    Wind and solar now provide more power to South Africa than nuclear Wind and solar energy generation contributed more electricity to Eskom's grid than nuclear power in 2020. This was revealed in the Statistics of Utility-scale Power Generation in South Africa in 2020 Report compiled by the...
  15. J

    A look at South Africa's energy policies

    A look at South Africa's energy policies Energy and electricity policy, planning and regulation in South Africa has been slow and bureaucratic, lacking visionary leadership, and marred by uncertainty. Policy positions and actions taken have tended to be reactive, and driven more by crisis...
  16. J

    Renewable energy in South Africa getting organised

    Renewable energy in South Africa getting organised The renewable energy (RE) sector in South Africa is young, diverse and fragmented, with industry structures that are relatively immature. The current RE industry associations are characterised by technology and territorial competition, and can...
  17. J

    Why this year's load-shedding could be the worst in history

    Why this year's load-shedding could be the worst in history South Africa could experience its worst load-shedding in history unless Eskom takes drastic action to address the current energy crisis. This is the view of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) senior engineer Joanne...
  18. Prawnapple

    Physics Professor watches "the goop lab" - Sixty Symbols

  19. J

    Renewable energy jobs hit record high

    Renewable energy jobs hit record high The solar photovoltaic sector was the largest employer in the renewable energy industry last year, accounting for 3.4 million jobs, up from 3.1 million in 2016, according to International Renewable Energy Agency data. Bioenergy was the second biggest...
  20. Newsfeed

    Government officials “working weekends” to give South Africa nuclear energy

    Government officials “working weekends” to give South Africa nuclear energy
  21. Newsfeed

    Renewable energy becoming the cheapest choice

    Renewable energy becoming the cheapest choice Morgan Stanley research shows that renewable energy, including solar and wind power, will become the cheapest option within years.
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