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VoltVision launches power analytics centre in Joburg
12th January 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Digitised industrial power networks company VoltVision has opened a global power analytics centre in Johannesburg that will provide expert technical interpretation of performance data from clients’... 


Steenhuisen questions govt’s slow progress in dealing with loadshedding
12th January 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Political party the Democratic Alliance (DA) federal leader John Steenhuisen has written a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, asking why his government refuses to implement the obvious solutions... 


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DA says it will fight Eskom’s move to Energy Dept
10th January 2023 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday that it is “implacably” against the African National Congress’s intention to move Eskom from the Department of Public Enterprises to the Ministry of Energy,... 


Energy department to oversee Eskom
9th January 2023 By: Bloomberg

President Cyril Ramaphosa said the energy department will take over responsibility for overseeing state utility Eskom Holdings, which has been failing to meet the nation’s power demand since 2008.... 


Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter
Eskom says police investigating alleged poisoning of CEO
9th January 2023 By: Reuters

South African power utility Eskom on Sunday said police were investigating whether an attempt was made to poison its outgoing CEO Andre de Ruyter. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan also... 


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Nersa given until Jan 12 to make a final decision on Eskom revenue application
21st December 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The High Court of South Africa (Gauteng Division) has granted the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) an extension, to January 12, to make the final decision on Eskom’s revenue... 


Partnership formed to use Boliden’s low-carbon copper in ABB’s electric motors
15th December 2022 By: Donna Slater

Engineering company ABB is partnering with Swedish mining and smelting company Boliden to use low-carbon copper in the production of its electromagnetic stirring (EMS) equipment and high-efficiency... 


Sacci calls for complete Eskom overhaul
8th December 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) says the solutions that are being thrown at struggling State-owned energy utility Eskom are clearly not solving the problem and both... 


Metros strengthen fault response capacity amid Stage 6 blackouts
8th December 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The city councils of Cape Town and Johannesburg have both deployed additional personnel to ensure the speedy resolution of outages and faults, especially during peak hours, following Eskom’s... 


Global crisis driving greater energy efficiency – IEA
2nd December 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Energy efficiency actions have accelerated globally this year as governments and consumers have increasingly turned to efficiency measures as part of their responses to fuel supply disruptions and... 


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Mining sector aims to reduce carbon emissions
2nd December 2022 By: Nadine Ramdass

Although the global mining sector has set ambitious targets to reduce its carbon emissions contribution, the sector needs to thoroughly evaluate how to go about meeting these targets amid various... 


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Just Transition requires a whole-of-society approach
2nd December 2022

The South African economy is dependent on fossil fuels for its energy needs. Therefore, a “Just Transition” requires a whole-of-society approach, says chemical engineering Emeritus Professor Eugene... 


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Decarbonised economy requires diverse approach
2nd December 2022 By: Nadine Ramdass

A decarbonised economy requires not only investment in renewable energy, but also exploring and integrating other options to decarbonise industrial processes that comprise about 75% of total carbon... 


Coal is king, insists Mantashe - as Ramaphosa is feted for green plan in Egypt
11th November 2022 By: News24Wire

As world leaders fete President Cyril Ramaphosa for his green agenda in Egypt, his minister of mineral resources and energy insisted this week that coal will continue to play a critical part in... 


INVITING INCENTIVE 
In July, the City of Cape Town expanded its small-scale embedded generation programme to permit commercial customers to sell more electricity than they use
CoCT on track to become African energy diversification beacon
11th November 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) is working on diversifying its energy resources to significantly reduce its reliance on struggling State-owned power utility Eskom in the next two years and, thereby,... 


MUNICIPAL INTEREST
Schneider Electric expects to start a pilot project by the end of the year in collaboration with a Western Cape municipality, where the RM AirSeT switchgear will be installed at one of its substations as proof of concept
Efficient management of constrained energy supply vital
11th November 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

It is important that local municipalities manage South Africa’s available power supply as efficiently as possible by adopting smart-grid enabling products, as the country continues to battle... 


A MORE EFFICIENT APPROACH 
Companies must consider energy efficiency and embedded generation together when calculating their energy requirements
Climate change major energy efficiency driver
11th November 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

While the implementation of energy efficiency measures reduces demand on South Africa’s fragile power system, the climate change agenda continues to significantly influence corporate South Africa’s... 


Presidential Climate Finance Task Team head Daniel Mminele
Mminele outlines Just Energy Transition Investment Plan implementation vision
10th November 2022 By: Terence Creamer

The International Partners Group (IPG) of France, Germany, the UK, the US and the EU jointly endorsed South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP) during the World Leaders Summit... 


Projections for global temperature increase by 2100 above preindustrial levels based on targets and announcements from COP27.
Climate projections again point to dangerous 2.7 °C rise by 2100
10th November 2022 By: Bloomberg

The research partnership Climate Action Tracker (CAT) on Thursday released its latest projections of how greenhouse gas emissions may dangerously raise the global average temperature. The result is... 


SANEA general-secretary Wendy Poulton
South Africa’s ability to manage energy risks approaching a ‘tipping point’
9th November 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South African is close to a tipping point in terms of its capacity to manage energy risks, the fifth and latest edition of the South African National Energy Association (SANEA) ‘Energy Risk Report’... 


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Systems assist with loadshedding woes
4th November 2022 By: Sabrina Jardim

The current energy crisis sweeping South Africa has increased the need for reserve power, whereby complete management systems can help manage different energy sources, says power management company... 


Moody’s boosts Eskom’s ratings outlook to positive after budget
1st November 2022 By: Bloomberg

Moody’s Investors Service improved its outlook on Eskom Holdings’s debt ratings to positive after South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced last week the government could take over... 


Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana
Higher revenue collections support consolidation as growth headwinds strengthen
26th October 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Better-than-expected revenue collection enabled Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to report an improvement in government’s fiscal position relative to the one forecast in the February Budget.... 


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Details of Eskom debt relief to be unveiled in Feb as loadshedding crimps growth outlook
26th October 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has confirmed that government will take over between one-third and two-thirds of Eskom’s R400-billion debt, as intense loadshedding, which government expects to... 


Eskom debt plan in focus at South Africa's mid-term budget
25th October 2022 By: Reuters

South Africa's finance minister is expected to announce a plan to take on part of power utility Eskom's mammoth debt in a mid-term budget on Wednesday, although analysts say the legally complex... 


Rand takes big hit as investors worry about Godongwana speech, Beijing developments
25th October 2022 By: News24Wire

On Tuesday morning, the rand approached R18.50/$ - trading at levels last seen in early 2020 as the country digested the implications of the first hard Covid-19 lockdown. The currency is under... 


Impala Platinum ingot
PGMs demand may taper off despite robust automotive demand forecast
21st October 2022 By: Darren Parker

Global demand for platinum group metals (PGMs) is forecast to taper off beyond 2030, despite a robust outlook for increasing automotive sales, according to platinum group metals producer Impala... 


Eskom lenders hire PwC as power cuts grip South African utility
19th October 2022 By: Bloomberg

Lenders to Eskom Holdings have hired financial advisers as South Africa’s State-owned power utility restructures its business. The banks asked consultants at PwC to assist them with negotiations,... 


Schneider Electric global marketing director Quintin McCutcheon
Schneider Electric advancing Electricity 4.0, Industry 4.0 with solutions
18th October 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

In continuing efforts to digitize its customers, energy management and automation specialist Schneider Electric’s connected products can communicate well with each other on its digital platforms,... 


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Emira completes energy performance certification for 31 buildings
18th October 2022 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Emira Property Fund has completed the certification of 31 of its buildings to become compliant with new Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) regulations... 


Zwanani Mathe appointed SANEDI CEO
4th October 2022 By: Schalk Burger

The board of applied energy research organisation the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) has appointed of Dr Zwanani Titus Mathe as CEO, with effect from October 1. Mathe... 


Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis
Cape Town proposes rewards system for customers who reduce their electricity use on demand
4th October 2022 By: Darren Parker

To protect its customers from some of the impacts of load-shedding, the City of Cape Town has issued a tender that will see customers rewarded for reducing their power use at a given time so that... 


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EIUG, SAPVIA, Busa welcome appointment of new Eskom board with balanced skills
3rd October 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Industry nonprofit the Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG) welcomes the "overdue reconstitution of the Eskom board" and says "the new board seems complete and well balanced in terms of its skills... 


Prototype waste-to-fuel pilot plant designed
30th September 2022 By: Halima Frost

In its drive to become a leading global supplier of green value from waste solutions, local waste solutions provider Explorius has designed its first coal fines and waste-to-fuel pilot plant for... 


A man wearing protective gloves holding a handful of shredded tires which have been broken down for recycling at the Unki Mine in Zaimbabwe owned by Anglo American Platinum
Circular economy uptake addressed
30th September 2022 By: Halima Frost

The need for and uptake of the circular economy mindset by larger organisations locally and globally was addressed during a webinar hosted by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy... 


Sacci calls for independent commission to select, recruit SOE board members, CEOs
29th September 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Business organisation the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) says changes to power utility Eskom's board of directors should take place within normal rotation principles in line... 


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