Liquidity crunch again held up as key impediment to Eskom’s maintenance roll-out
Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer has once again highlighted the utility’s liquidity crunch as a key constraint to the execution of its much-vaunted reliability maintenance programme, which is seen as key to reversing the poor operational performance of its aged coal fleet.
City of Cape Town considering smart home electricity devices
After power cuts at the weekend, the City of Cape Town is even more determined to gain the right to procure and sell its own renewable energy. The metro’s customers were once again shielded from the full effects of the blackouts, thanks to the hydro-power generating plant at the Steenbras dam.
Gas-powered electricity generation not South Africa’s best bet for the long term –WW
The attractiveness of renewable energy, even in the face of using gas as a bridging fuel to take off from where coal is being disused, is continuing to increase, the World Wide Fund for Nature senior climate specialist James Reeler has said.
India achieves target of 40% power generation capacity based on non-fossil sources
ndia has achieved the target of 40 per cent of its installed electricity generation capacity being from non-fossil energy sources, an official statement said on Thursday.
GE gas turbines power 535MW cogeneration plant in Taiwan
A new combined cycle gas turbine power plant adding 535MW to the Taiwanese national grid has started commercial operations. The Chia Hut Combined Heat and Power Plant project was led by GE. The company supplied and installed its 7HA.02 gas turbine powering an H65 generator, a STF-A650 steam turbine powering an H33 generator, and a Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG).
Utilities companies embrace service, remain relevant to customer needs
Utilities companies should be used to the occasional existential threat. It happened when monolithic phone companies had to adapt globally to the arrival of the internet, smartphones and competition from digital-first competitors.
Renewable energy: Mining industry likely to snap up Ramaphosa’s power offer
Government has now given mining companies the ability to generate 100MW of power. So what happens now? Will the companies use this facility and, if so, how? And what effect will it have? Arguably, the company furthest down the line is gold miner Pan African Resources, which is already close to producing 10MW of solar photovoltaic power at its Evander mine.
Eskom aims to finish work at Kusile Power Station by May 2022
Only one unit out of six at the Kusile Power Station which is under construction in Mpumalanga is online and contributing to the national grid. Eskom management briefed members of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises who conducted an oversight visit at the power station.
Will green energy provide salvation for South Africa’s stuttering economy?
Energy ministers from 40 countries dialled into the International Energy Agency’s Clean Energy Transitions Summit in early July 2020. These countries account for 80% of the world’s energy demand.
Among the politicians joining via video call was Gwede Mantashe, South Africa’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. In his speech he confirmed South Africa’s commitment to the carbon emissions targets set out in the Paris Agreement but emphasised the need for a “just transition”.
