This month’s letters deal with the importance of a variety of generation sources all adding to the overall energy supply; appreciation for the opinions and suggestions made in the previous month’s lead editorial; and a reader’s view regarding the cost of nuclear. Send your letters to: energize@ee.co.za Our winning letter: re: Eskom’s CEO departs Sir With […]
While Eskom is struggling to keep the lights on and all electricity stakeholders are familiar with the challenges around coal supplies, schedule delays at Medupi and Kusile, and unprecedented levels of breakdowns on Eskom’s ageing fleet, there is a debate getting lost in the noise on where the industry is supposed to be heading. […]
Eskom would like to reassure the nation at large that its cash flow situation is stable. The utility manages its cash flow in a responsible manner and will always make sure that it has sufficient liquidity balances both in terms of actual liquid assets as well as the ability to easily issue financial instruments […]
In recognition of Eskom’s investment in the economic sustainability of emerging business partners, Eskom won the Enterprise and Supplier Development Award and the Socio-Economic Development Award at the 13th Oliver Empowerment Awards, which were held at Emperors Palace on 25 April 2014. Collin Matjila, the utility’s acting CEO, said that Eskom is proud of […]
Mogorosi Communications is hosting a Cable Anti-Theft Technologies Summit, to provide a platform for debate, and the sharing of ideas and experiences on 25 and 26 June 2014 at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park. Topics to be covered include: An overview on the scale of cable theft in South Africa The legal implications Examining the impact of cable […]
South Africa has adopted the “single buyer” model as the current electricity market model. The approach is similar to that followed in Brazil, being competitive auctions by government for new generating capacity for different technologies (such as renewables, gas, coal, etc.). The successful parties, being independent power producers (IPPs) from each of these bidding […]
While the construction of Eskom’s three new power stations has captured public attention, a vital part of the new-build programme has gone almost unnoticed – the huge project to strengthen the country’s national grid as these new plants are linked to the network. In addition to linking up the giant coal-fired plants, Medupi and […]
by Chris Yelland, investigative editor, EE Publishers With former Eskom CEO Brian Dames’ recent resignation, Eskom must now face enormous problems led by an acting CEO with no direct experience of running a major state-owned enterprise or a business the size of Eskom, or of managing projects with the size and technical complexity of […]
by Jac Messerschmidt, Pr. Eng. The slogan “electricity for all” was first used in 1988, and in the same year the first electrification joint venture was created in the Eastern Cape. Over the next twenty-five years, this initiative grew to bring electricity to more than 6-million homes, schools and clinics. Initially, the focus was […]
The emergence of independent power producers and distributed generation has resulted in the need for transporting electricity between producer and consumer over a network owned by a third party. These arrangements can be simple or complex, depending on the network, and require well developed rules and regulations to operate properly. Download the PDF
