Empty promises of clean coal in South Africa
The promises of new coal-fired power generation capacity in South Africa (post-Medupi and Kusile), and in particular, the promise of ‘clean coal’ technologies, has long been in the country’s planning pipeline but has been short of a reality check as...
Medupi blast is bad news for load-shedding and electricity prices
The explosion that destroyed one of the generating units at Eskom's Medupi coal power plant and caused another to trip is bad news for power tariffs and load-shedding in South Africa.
Medupi Unit 4's generator sustained...
Eskom's R2 billion blunder
The damage caused by an explosion at the Medupi power station on Sunday night will cost between R1.5 billion and R2 billion to fix and increase the risk of load-shedding for up to two years.
Photos show devastation at Medupi after explosion
Energy expert Chris Yelland has published photos showing the inside of the Unit 4 generator at Medupi power station after it exploded on Sunday night.
The explosion happened at 22:50 and caused Unit 5 of Medupi to trip.
113 criminal charges against Eskom employees — but only 1 arrest
Eskom has laid 113 criminal charges with the police related to corruption at the Medupi and Kusile power stations and across the company.
However, only been one arrest related to the Kusile power station has been made, and the...
Eskom hiding the truth about Medupi
Energy experts have slated Eskom’s announcement that the last unit of the Medupi power station achieved commercial operation, which marks the completion of the project.
Eskom said the last of six generation units of the Medupi power station in Lephalale...
Medupi finished — but R154 billion over-budget
Eskom announced that the Medupi Power Station project’s last of six generation units has attained commercial operation status and was handed over to the power utility’s Generation division.
The capital cost of the project is R122 billion so far...
How much renewable power South Africa can build for the cost of Medupi and Kusile
Around 17,000MW of renewable energy capacity can be built for the same cost as Eskom’s troubled Medupi and Kusile coal power stations, estimates from energy expert Chris Yelland have shown.
The two 4,800MW power...
The true cost of Eskom's Medupi and Kusile power stations
Energy analyst Chris Yelland said he is disturbed by misinformed, outdated, and incorrect figures of the cost to completion for Medupi and Kusile.
Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) chairperson Kmhuleko Hlengwa said Medupi’s...
Medupi and Kusile power stations will cost over R100 billion more
The massive cost and time overruns at Eskom’s Medupi and Kusile power stations will place upward pressure on Eskom’s electricity price trajectory in the years ahead, states Chris Yelland.
Workers block entrance, start fires at Medupi
Disgruntled workers at Medupi power plant on Thursday morning allegedly placed burning tyres on the road entering the construction site
Eskom’s Medupi power station producing electricity
Unit six at Eskom’s newly-built Medupi power station in Limpopo produced power for the first time on Monday, the parastatal said
Eskom’s Medupi 6 running optimally
Medupi’s unit six turbine is now running at optimum speed, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said on Wednesday
Eskom defends big bonuses for bosses
Eskom said that all remuneration for executives is approved by the board or the relevant shareholder, and is in line with the market.
Eskom’s R1.4 billion lunch bill
According to reports, Eskom has awarded two catering contracts to the tune of R1.4 billion to ensure Medupi and Kusile workers are fed
Cape Town - As the country once again experiences rolling scheduled blackouts for the third time this year, energy analyst Chris Yelland explained to Fin24 what he thinks the real reasons are.
Big SA solar plant shows Eskom how it’s done
The Jasper solar power project came online recently, providing enough electricity for 80,000 households. Here is how its construction compares to Eskom’s Medupi power station.