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Public Enterprises minister points to difference between ‘state of disaster’ and ‘power system emergency’

LOCAL There are growing calls to declare an Eskom state of disaster, as commentators fingered rolling blackouts as the greatest threat to South Africa's economic recovery. Eskom is currently implementing stage two load-shedding until Monday morning. The DA is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to "stop denying reality and acknowledge that the country is in the middle of an electricity emergency." Speaking in Parliament however, Public Enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan […]

today5 May 2022

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SAFCEI calls out gov over pursuit of nuclear energy

Tomorrow will be four years since the Western Cape High Court found the government's one-trillion rand nuclear deal and associated energy procurement processes to be "illegal and unconstitutional". The Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute says the deal would have bankrupted the country. Safcei's Executive Director, Francesca de Gasparis, says it is however concerning that on the fourth anniversary of the ruling against the corrupt nuclear deal, the SA government […]

today25 April 2021

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Government commits to increasing energy capacity by 30%

The Department of Energy has gazetted new regulations outlining their commitment to sourcing over 11 800 MW of power for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) over the next few years. This new energy will be procured from diverse sources, including solar, wind, gas, coal and storage. While meeting the country’s energy needs well into the future, this new capacity will also help meet international obligations to reduce carbon emissions. Energy Minister […]

today29 September 2020

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IPPs do not impact Eskom’s finances negatively: expert

Independent Power Producers comprise less than 5% of Eskom sales, members of Parliament have heard. The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises was on Wednesday briefed by several stakeholders in the energy industry on measures to solve Eskom's operational and governance challenges. Among them was UCT Professor Anton Eberhard, who also chaired the Eskom Sustainability Task Team, appointed by the president in December 2018. Responding to questions from members of Parliament, […]

today5 March 2020

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