Total electricity generation in Africa stood at 870TWh in 2019, an increase of 2.9% from 846TWh in 2018. Africa's electricity generation capacity has grown at an average of 4.8% per annum since 2008...
2 days ago
Up to now, gas-fired generation projects has been under the radar in filling the country's electricity shortfall...
3 days ago
Energy production and usage accounts for nearly three-quarters of global emission, therefore attaining net-zero emissions requires urgent change and innovation across multiple industries.
Eckart Zollner 30 Nov 2020
Cost saving is key to Eskom's turnaround strategy and the power utility aims to save R55.6bn over the next three years, Deputy President David Mabuza says...
27 Nov 2020
Although load shedding is likely to remain on South Africa's radar for the foreseeable future, Eskom chief executive officer, Andre de Ruyter promises it will be significantly reduced by September 2021...
25 Nov 2020
The ever-increasing electricity price threatens the sustainability of affordable food production. This was the warning Free State Agriculture gave the National Energy Regulator of South Africa...
24 Nov 2020
Forward thinking investors and entrepreneurs in the African energy sector will deliver significant downstream benefits for the continent in the coming years...
Bhavtik Vallabhjee 18 Nov 2020
As we add impetus to the global move to a cleaner, more sustainable energy system, perhaps the greatest obstacle we face is the enormous financing requirement that this step change in our economies will face...
John Green 11 Nov 2020
The newly released African Energy Outlook 2021 explores the forces shaping the continent's energy market after the historic shocks of 2020, and analyses the upcoming recovery on the back of the global energy transition and persisting market uncertainties.
11 Nov 2020
A research team exploring renewable energy use in off-grid informal settlements in South Africa has won the Chair's Prize in the 2020 Newton Prize Awards...
10 Nov 2020
Eskom has called for proposals to repurpose its decommissioned coal-fired power stations, providing opportunities to devise creative solutions to what would otherwise become a major financial burden for the utility...
10 Nov 2020
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has been given approval by the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, to grant licence applications for self-generation facilities of above 1MW...
2 Nov 2020
Unit 2 at Kusile Power Station in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, has been brought into full commercial operation status to further stabilise the power system...
30 Oct 2020
Congratulations to the SME companies who have won full-page BizListing entries in Bizcommunity's business directory...
Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020
