DURBAN hopes to start building its first sun power farm in cane fields near La Mercy within weeks. The solar power farm is expected to cost about R50 million and provide about a megawatt of electricity for the city’s power grid.
Although this is less than 1 percent of [...]
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Johannesburg – The Democratic Alliance on Sunday warned that Eskom’s mandatory savings plan could prove expensive.
Last week, Eskom said that due to the tight power supply situation and the need to do routine maintenance at several power plants, some large industrial consumers will be expected to consume less [...]
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Although Africa is endowed with fossil and renewable energy resources, which could more than adequately cover its energy needs, it remains the most poorly electrified continent in the world. The proportion of people without electricity in Africa is higher than anywhere else on the planet, with as little as 5% of [...]
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Mobile telecoms operator MTN said that it has reduced its electricity consumption at its head office in Fairlands by 37% in the last six months, following efforts to ‘green’ the office on 14th Avenue.
MTN said that an investment in generating its own electricity from its methane-poweredtrigeneration plant was one [...]
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Energy efficiency has become increasingly important to both property owners and tenants on account of South Africa’s rising electricity tariffs and the medium-term shortage of electricity. The financial benefits, and the need to reduce carbon emissions, all add up to the need for a concerted effort to find solutions to improve [...]
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Big changes in the way Britain organises its electricity production were announced yesterday to meet the triple challenge of climate change, high bills for householders, and security of energy supply.
The ultra-free market which has been in place since electricity was privatised 20 years ago is to be drastically [...]
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