. Nedbank lived up to its slogan as the “green” bank in a decision to withdraw its funding of two proposed new coal-fired power stations in South Africa, Thabametsi and Khanyisa. This decision fits with the banking group’s commitment to “green” funding, responsible lending and supporting sustainability initiatives. The bank says its initial proposal for […]
Small-scale power generation plants driven by hydrocarbon sources and biomass are still likely to play a valuable part in rolling out electricity in regions of Africa unserved by grid power and where renewable resources are insufficient to sustain a reliable energy supply. The lack of a secure baseload energy supply in certain areas can be […]
. It has been four months now since the release of the Department of Energy’s latest draft Integrated Resource Plan for electricity (Draft IRP 2018) for public comment on 27 August 2018, and two months since the closing date for public comments on 25 October 2018. So where’s the IRP? Initially energy minister Jeff Radebe […]
. Eskom has applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) for a 15% tariff increase from 1 April 2019 for three consecutive years compounded, on top of a 4,5% RCA price increase already awarded by NERSA for this date, and further RCA applications in the pipeline. The power utility is facing dire […]
. A refreshing openness by Eskom’s new management was demonstrated yesterday in an exclusive interview with Eskom COO Mr Jan Oberholzer by EE Publishers. The interview followed dramatic developments in the operations of Eskom this year, including the decline in the utility’s generation plant performance, shortages of coal at power stations in Mpumalanga, the return […]
It seems a good time, at the start of a new year, but not quite the start of a new decade, to review the past year and take a speculative look at the future. We are only a year away from the magical decadal dateline, and this prompts the question of why we place so […]
Adding storage to rooftop solar is becoming popular as prices fall and more behind-the-meter storage systems become available. The reduction in feed-in and net-metering tariffs has shifted applications to own use, but arbitrage and other factors have extended the use of behind-the-meter (BTM) storage beyond that of an adjunct to rooftop solar (RTS). Fast forward […]
Ignite Energy, a local, two-year old, power generations solutions company, has been selected to set up a 40 MW hybrid solar, battery and heavy fuel oil plant at Resolute Mining’s Syama Gold Mine in Mali. This is in addition to a 20 MW grid-tied solar PV project that the company is involved in at a […]
Nowadays, we worry about robots taking our jobs and becoming smarter than us. But whether we like it or not, the future spells an increasing interaction with machines in one form or another. As this trend intensifies, human machine interfaces (HMIs) will become an ever more important technology for us to master as they will […]
. Bruce Whitfield, the host on Talk Radio 702’s Money Show, interviewed Chris Yelland, an energy commentator and the managing director at EE Publishers, following Eskom’s media briefing on 28 November 2018, where it released its interim financial results for the 6-month period to 30 September 2018. Whitfield asked Yelland about Eskom’s position and the […]
