Power and automation technology group ABB on Monday announced that it would construct two solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants for electricity utility Eskom, which would be completed by November.
The pilot plants, each of one hectare, would be located on greenfield sites adjacent to the Lethabo and Kendal coal-fired [...]
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Cape Town – Environmental groups have slammed the government’s decision to build nuclear plants, saying it will not lead to energy security for South Africa.
“As for nuclear energy as being our answer to whatever Eskom thinks it will be, that’s not entirely true. If Eskom is concerned with electricity security, [...]
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A great degree of previous uncertainty over South Africa’s renewable energy procurement programme has made many international players shaky about investing in the sector. However, this situation was resolved recently when the South African National Energy Regulator (NERSA) concurred with the Department of Energy’s (DoE’s) proposal to abandon the renewable energy [...]
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The Department of Energy (DoE) reports that 270 bidder applications have already been received for tender documentation related to the renewable energy independent power producer (IPP) programme, under which South Africa will seek to procure the first 3 725 MW of capacity by 2016. The documents were made available on August [...]
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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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ESKOM will later this month sign a €100m loan with French development agency Agence Française de Developpement (AFD) for its 100MW Sere wind project in the Western Cape, Eskom CE Brian Dames said yesterday.
The loan draws Eskom closer to the commencement of work at the project, which is [...]
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