South Africa Appoints New Minister to Tackle Power Crisis

South Africa’s President has appointed the country’s first electricity minister to address the unprecedented power shortages…

R1.2 Trillion Needed to Mitigate Energy Crisis in South Africa

South Africa needs at least 50GW of generation capacity to achieve energy security. The country has…

South Africa Woes Continue as Eskom’s Diesel Budget Runs Dry

Eskom power utility’s budget to buy diesel is running on empty. Eskom burns 9 million litres…

Eskom Acquire Loan To Support Clean Energy Transition

Eskom gets R9bn loan for South Africa’s transition towards clean energy. South Africa’s first station to…

World Bank Approves $497 Million For South Africa’s GHG Emissions

World Bank approves South Africa’s request for $497 million project. The power sector accounts for 41…

Eskom To Implement Stage 3 Load Shedding In South Africa

Eskom to implement Stage 3 load shedding. Three units at Kendal power stations have returned to…

SA: Mainstream Signs to Develop RE Plants

  Mainstream Renewable Power has signed agreement with Eskom to build and operate renewable energy plants…

Blackouts Persists Despite End of Union Strike in South Africa

Eskom’s output had been affected by recent strike action. Although some workers are back, many are…

South Africa Finalises Energy Storage Projects

Eskom is close to finalising over 800MWh of battery energy storage projects. AfDB backs the project…

South Africa: Eskom Handles Electricity Crises

Eskom Initiates 2nd wave of load shedding. Load shedding begins at 5 pm Monday and ends…