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INVESTMENT

Return to era when State contributed 50c in every rand invested - economist

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In light of serious external and domestic economic headwinds, a concerted efforts were required to raise public sector investment to levels where South Africa once again began sustaining a minimum yearly investment rate of 25% of gross domestic...

By: Terence Creamer

08 Feb 12

DEMAND AGGREGATION

Eskom set to roll out power buy-back pilot this month

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South African power utility Eskom will start implementing an innovative demand response aggregation pilot programme (DRAPP) this month with the intention of securing 500 MW of buy-back contracts from as many as 1 000 industrial and commercial...

By: Terence Creamer

06 Feb 12

Energy Measurement

COP 17 expo used yearly energy equivalent of 24 US households

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The two-week Climate Change Response Expo, held in Durban during the seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, used the same electricity as 24 US households do during one year,...

electricity

Uganda adds 50 MW from Bujagali dam to tackle power cuts

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Uganda on Thursday added 50 MW to its grid, after the first of five turbines at its Bujagali hydropower dam on the Nile river was switched on, potentially reducing power cuts that triggered strikes in the east African country last year. Although...

By: Reuters

02 Feb 12

COAL

Coal-dependent South Africa has no explicit coal policy – Prof

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South Africa did not have an explicit coal policy despite its heavy dependence on the mineral, University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business’ Professor Anton Eberhard has pointed out. Eberhard, a member of the National Planning Commission...

By: Martin Creamer

01 Feb 12

ELECTRICITY

Water as crucial as coal - Eskom

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South Africa needed to wake up to the reality that water was just as important to the economy as coal, Eskom chief commercial officer Dan Marokane said on Wednesday. Marokane told the IHS McCloskey South African Coal Export Conference in Cape...

By: Martin Creamer

01 Feb 12

POWER PRICES

Gigaba says power price review geared to protecting SA from shocks

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Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba

South Africa’s electricity pricing policy (EPP) review which has been initiated by the Department of Energy (DoE), will interrogate ways to “protect” the economy from “pricing shocks”, but was unlikely to entail a “complete revision”...

By: Terence Creamer

30 Jan 12

ELECTRICITY

Eskom still pursuing mandatory savings 'safety net'

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State-owned power utility Eskom has reiterated its call for South Africans to urgently reduce electricity demand by 10%, or some 3 000 MW, adding that it is continuing to pursue plans to ensure that the energy conservation scheme (ECS) be made...

By: Terence Creamer

30 Jan 12

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Company	Continent	Country	Industry Term
Standard Bank Eskom Util Labs Hydropower Reuters Transnet IHS McCloskey South African Coal Export South African Coal Road Map Public Enterprises	Africa Europe	South Africa Australia New Zealand United States Uganda	Bank Gross Domestic Product Municipal Infrastructure Transport Electricity Electricity Demand Energy Savings Voluntary Energy Conservation Scheme Electricity Use Low-voltage Electrical Networks Real Time Smart Devices Crude Oil Producer Mining Coal-mining Focus Electricity Pricing Policy Energy Conservation Scheme
Person	Facility	Technology	City
Busa Goolam Ballim Jacob Zuma Brian Dames Paroshen Naidoo Irene Muloni Anton Eberhard Dan Marokane Ian Hall Dipuo Peters Malusi Gigaba	Medupi Power Station Bujagali Dam University Graduate School Eskom Plant	Information Technology	DURBAN Cape Town Johannesburg
Currency	Natural Feature	Region
COP USD	Bujagali Falls Nile Nile River	East Africa