Renewable energy giant with Jan Oberholzer as chairman takes Eskom to court
A legal dispute now before the courts highlights a rapidly emerging fault line in South Africa’s energy transition: intensifying competition among renewable energy developers for scarce grid connection capacity.
The...
Next major energy crisis coming for South Africa
Jan Fourie, CEO at renewable energy firm Mulilo, says South Africa's failure to expand its transmission grid capacity is already stalling renewable energy projects.
Over the next 10 years, South Africa will need around R390 billion to connect...
Former Eskom COO chairman at emerging battery giant
The company building most of South Africa's government-funded battery energy storage systems (BESS) is chaired by former Eskom chief operating officer (COO) Jan Oberholzer.
Electricity and energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa recently...