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 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…

Load Shedding Continues in South Africa

Eskom reports the continuation of load shedding 6,647MW is currently unavailable Various stages of load shedding…

TCN Blames Load Shedding on Poor Power Generation

TCN notifies electricity customers of ongoing load shedding The load shedding is due to low power…

South Africa: Eskom Handles Electricity Crises

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

Cape Town to Procure 300MW of Clean Energy

The first phase  includes projects with 5MW to 20MW capacities The second Phase involves projects larger…

South Africa: Cape Town Plans Tender for IPP Power Purchase

Cape Town plans to gradually exit from the monopoly of the South African state-owned utility Eskom.…

[South Africa] Eskom Set to Reduce Load Shedding

Eskom will begin implementing “Stage 1” load shedding. Eskom has seen improved generation capacity. South African…

Eskom Implements Stage 2 Load Shedding

Eskom reports the breakdown of generation units Load shedding will occur for six days South Africa’s…