. Nedbank and EE Publishers are hosting a morning seminar on: “Enabling a viable gas energy sector in SA” This is the 3rd in a series of important infrastructure seminars from Nedbank & EE Publishers DATE: Wednesday 18 September 2019 TIME: 09h00 to 14h30 (see detailed programme below) VENUE: Nedbank Main Auditorium, 135 Rivonia Road, Sandton, […]
A recent judgment of South Africa’s Constitutional Court involving the country’s energy regulator signals a new found willingness by the courts to scrutinise the way regulators set prices and tariffs. This added level of regulatory accountability can only bode well for major sectors of South Africa’s economy that are subject to economic regulation. The statutory […]
The challenges currently facing Africa’s energy sector are urging private businesses, communities and educational institutions to curtail their dependence on the traditional, centralised model of linear power generation and delivery, and to identify efficient power generation solutions. Siemens South Africa put its Smart City vision into action by implementing a real-life local case study, and […]
. Eleven years after construction started on Eskom’s massive 4800 MW Kusile coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, not one of its six 800 MW generator units is currently delivering power into the grid. Construction started at Kusile in 2008, and all six generation units were planned to be in commercial service by […]
Our country’s climate is blessed to have some of the best sunlight in the world. With the current energy situation and the ever-increasing electricity costs, we are forced to evaluate our energy consumption and implement more efficient and cost-effective solutions. There are two common ways to collect energy from the sun. One is through a […]
Carbon tax came into effect on 1 June 2019 as part of the government’s drive to reduce carbon emissions and comply with its promises and commitments on climate change. Phase 1 of the tax sees carbon emissions taxed at a rate of R120/t of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent), and with the various allowances considered, the […]
We should be grateful we’re having a mild winter. Without the power received from the independently owned and operated renewable energy-sourced power stations we’d be in the dark – or facing serious loadshedding events right now. Since we are not experiencing loadshedding at present, some may believe that Eskom’s power stations are on the mend […]
There is a natural gas pipeline network in most of the industrial areas in Gauteng, but why are so many of the large energy users still not making use of gas? Especially when the global drive is to reduce carbon emissions and move away from coal. In the United States, natural gas equates to about […]
The advent of renewables, new storage technologies present Africa’s utilities with an opportunity to increase capacity and efficiency while re-kindling their appeal to investors. There has been a clear and rapid evolution in Africa’s energy and energy infrastructure landscape over the last decade. While much of this new technology has challenged the traditional dominance and […]
Over the last few years we have seen a move from utility-scale renewable energy procurement, through the REIPPP programme, to a more distributed approach which favours small-scale solar PV. This allows for more participation by South African developers and start-ups and offers opportunities for skills development, entrepreneurship and job creation. Loosely speaking, any electricity generation […]
