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Global emissions hit record as energy demand boosts fuel use 
By: Bloomberg 26th March 2019 Carbon emissions from fossil-fuel use hit a record last year after energy demand grew at its fastest pace in a decade, reflecting higher oil consumption in the US and more coal burning in China and India. Those findings from the International Energy Agency mark a setback for the effort to rein in... →
SA needs to spend R1-trillion to grow power capacity by 2030 – Radebe 
By: News24Wire 26th March 2019 South Africa will need to spend more than R1-trillion in the next 11 years to grow the country's energy production capacity, according to Minister of Energy Jeff Radebe. Radebe was speaking at the DLO Africa Power Roundtable on Tuesday in Johannesburg. The roundtable brings together government... →
DA mayors to ask minister permission to bypass Eskom
By: African News Agency 26th March 2019 Democratic Alliance (DA) mayors will petition Energy Minister Jeff Radebe under Section 34 of the Electricity Regulation Act for permission to procure electricity directly from independent power producers (IPPs), DA leader Mmusi Maimane said on Tuesday. Maimane said it would allow councils run by... →
Master Drilling’s full year performance underpinned by Americas, Europe success
By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th March 2019 JSE-listed Master Drilling expanded its operations to Canada, Turkey, Ghana and Italy and saw growth in Brazil and Mexico during the financial year ended December 31, 2018. This helped to offset headline earnings decreases in a tough African market. →
Mining body says 90 000 jobs at risk from electricity price hikes
By: News24Wire 26th March 2019 The Minerals Council South Africa has said that as many as 90 000 jobs in the country's mining sector could be at risk "solely as a result" of recent electricity tariff increases. "Given the mining sector’s dependency ratio of 10 people supported by each mining job, the potential socio-economic... →
Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter
Kibo provides update on four key projects
By: Simone Liedtke 25th March 2019 JSE- and Aim-listed Kibo Energy on Monday confirmed that it is developing four key projects – two thermal coal power projects, in Botswana and Mozambique; a UK-focused flexible energy portfolio; and an advanced coal-to-power project, in Tanzania – in parallel. The projects fall in line with the... →
90 000 gold and platinum jobs at risk as Eskom hikes loom
By: Terence Creamer 25th March 2019 The Minerals Council South Africa is ringing alarm bells over the threat posed to employment and production in the gold and platinum sectors as a result of recently approved electricity tariff increases, including the 13.8% hike to be implemented from April 1. In addition, the council is warning... →
Sacci, SBI urge govt to do more to resolve Eskom’s troubles
By: Simone Liedtke 25th March 2019 The recent round of rolling blackouts plaguing South Africa, and uncertainty about the longer-term power supply situation in South Africa are having a devastating impact on business, says South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) CEO Alan Mukoki. Although Eskom does not expect to... →
Mboweni questions need to hold onto State assets
By: Bloomberg 25th March 2019 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said a discussion must begin on whether the government needs to retain control of all the assets it owns given the poor state of the national finances. Mboweni has asked Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan for a list of noncore State assets and has been... →
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni
No load shedding anticipated for the coming week, says Eskom
By: African News Agency 25th March 2019 No load shedding is anticipated for the coming week due to the electricity system gradually improving, Eskom said on Sunday night. "The improvement in plant performance, together with replenished diesel and water reserves over the last few days, as well as the increase of imports from... →
Zuma says nuclear could've solved load-shedding
By: News24Wire 22nd March 2019 Former president Jacob Zuma, whose administration has been blamed for the current power outages, has said the power crisis could have been averted if the country had built nuclear reactors. In an interview with Business Day on Friday, Zuma said the costly nuclear build programme he supported... →
Opinion: If investment is the goal, what should SA’s electricity game plan be?
By: Tobias Bischof-Niemz 22nd March 2019 South Africa has correctly identified the lack of investment as a serious constraint to economic growth and job creation. President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to address the problem by reaching out to domestic and foreign investors both informally and through the inaugural Investment Conference,... →
'Signs are encouraging' load-shedding will be reduced – Eskom
By: News24Wire 22nd March 2019 Eskom will implement Stage 2 load-shedding on Friday, as strain on the national grid improves and “signs are encouraging” that there will be reduced rotational power cuts as available generating capacity improves, according to Eskom spokesperson Andrew Etzinger. Stage 2 will be implemented... →
Eskom Spokesperson Andrew Etzinger
Brics Bank to lend Eskom up to $780m
By: Bloomberg 20th March 2019 The New Development Bank (NDB) plans to lend as much as $780-million to Eskom for infrastructure projects this year as the ailing power utility battles to keep power supply steady. Eskom, which on Wednesday entered a seventh day of controlled power cuts, is contending with operational and... →
Novo Energy launches R130m gas compression facility 
20th March 2019 Energy solutions company Novo Energy earlier this month launched a R130-million large-scale natural gas compression facility, in Mpumalanga. Marleny Arnoldi tells us more. →
Boiler-tube leaks playing big role in rise of unplanned losses to over 12 000 MW
By: Terence Creamer 20th March 2019 State-owned electricity producer Eskom has confirmed that boiler-tube leaks are significant contributor to unplanned losses of more than 12 000 MW across its coal fleet. The underperformance of the coal fleet, including those units in commercial operation at the Medupi and Kusile projects, is... →
Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer
Eskom says will continue with rotating powercuts
By: African News Agency 20th March 2019 Eskom said on Wednesday it would press on with rotating blackouts, suppressing 2 000 MW of demand at a given time until 9 am, before doubling that to 4 000 MW till 11 pm to avoid tripping the entire national grid. "This is due to a shortage of capacity. Eskom’s maintenance teams are working round... →
Eskom provides update on electricity crisis
20th March 2019 Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza on Tuesday held a media briefing to discuss the current electricity crisis. Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer joins Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn in studio to discuss the highlights of the media briefing, as well... →
NUM says Ramaphosa assured union no jobs would be lost in Eskom unbundling
By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th March 2019 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Tuesday confirmed that it had met with President Cyril Ramaphosa, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Energy Minister Jeff Radebe this week. The union noted, however, that it still needed to consult with its members employed at Eskom, on the... →
Greenpeace opposes Eskom’s application to postpone air quality legislation compliance
By: Simone Liedtke 19th March 2019 Nonprofit organisation Greenpeace Africa on Tuesday reaffirmed its opposition to State-owned Eskom’s application for further postponements and/or suspensions from air quality legislation. The organisation explained that, in the interests of realising the Constitutional right to a healthy... →
Greenpeace global air pollution unit lead analyst Lauri Myllyvirta
Eskom to seek special procurement dispensation to help it address ‘crisis’
By: Terence Creamer 19th March 2019 Crisis-ridden power utility Eskom is approaching the Auditor-General and the National Treasury to seek approval for a special procurement dispensation that will allow it to accelerate the purchase of critical goods and services required to address ongoing breakdowns of its coal fleet. The... →
Eskom, government plans for Stage 5 and Stage 6 load-shedding to stave off national blackouts
By: News24Wire 19th March 2019 Eskom and government have started planning for Stage 5 and Stage 6 load-shedding, according to officials who say that there is a race against time to ensure that a national blackout and grid collapse does not happen. Stage 5 and Stage 6 load shedding imply shedding 5 000 MW and 6 000 MW... →
We only have ourselves to blame – Eskom COO
By: News24Wire 19th March 2019 Eskom only has itself to blame for the lapse of a contract for early detection of maintenance failures, according to Eskom chief operations officer (COO) Jan Oberholzer. There are currently seven generating units which have broken down due to boiler tube leaks as Eskom struggles to maintain its... →
Eskom sets aside R50bn over 5 years for maintenance
By: News24Wire 19th March 2019 Eskom has set aside R50-billion over the next five years for maintenance as ageing infrastructure is unable to keep up with electricity demand, according to the power utility’s CEO Phakamani Hadebe. Hadebe said Eskom had been using its maintenance spend previously on generation alone but will now... →
Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe
Eskom needs 'crisis reaction' – Mabuza
By: News24Wire 19th March 2019 Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza says the operational side of Eskom requires “crisis reaction” as well as time and speed to fix the current load-shedding situation. He was briefing the media on Tuesday, along with Minister of Pubic Enterprises Pravin Gordhan as the country entered the fifth... →
Eskom Chairperson Jabu Mabuza
'No magic formula to solve power crisis' – Gordhan
By: News24Wire 19th March 2019 There is no magic formula to solve the current load-shedding crisis and the Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan is unable to say when the rotational blackouts will be over. Gordhan was briefing the media on Tuesday, along with senior Eskom officials as the country entered its fifth... →
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan
Gordhan, Mabuza to shed light on SA’s power crisis
By: News24Wire 19th March 2019 Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan and the chairperson of the Eskom Board, Jabu Mabuza, will hold a media briefing to give an update on electricity supply problems on Tuesday morning in Johannesburg. South Africans have faced five consecutive days of load-shedding, including power... →
Eskom board chairperson Jabu Mabuza
Water supply, economic activity under threat as Eskom struggles to supply power
By: African News Agency 19th March 2019 South Africa's State-owned electricity company Eskom continued implementing rolling blackouts on Tuesday as its crippled generating units struggled to supply enough power in a crisis likely to further hurt the ailing economy. In its latest statement Eskom said it was implementing "stage 2"... →
Eskom's 'perfect storm' and how the power utility is managing the crisis
By: News24Wire 18th March 2019 South Africa has been oscillating between Stage 2 and Stage 4 load shedding since Friday, cutting up to 4 000 MW from the national grid per day. The rolling blackouts are expected to continue until Wednesday, with demand expected to taper off towards the end of the week, as Thursday is a public... →
Public-Private Growth Initiative identifies 18 ‘priority projects’ to unlock growth
By: Terence Creamer 18th March 2019 The Public-Private Growth Initiative (PPGI), an evolving sector-based collaboration between government and business, has earmarked 18 projects across various sectors of the South African economy for priority implementation in the coming months. Minister in the Presidency Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma... →
Eskom to implement 'Stage 4' load-shedding from 09:00 to 23:00
By: African News Agency 18th March 2019 Eskom said on Monday it would commence Stage 4 rotational load shedding from 09:00 to 23:00 and continue into Tuesday due to a shortage of capacity. Stage 4 load-shedding requires the state-owned utility, which supplies 95% of South Africa's electricity, to rotationally take 4 000 MW of demand... →
'Stage 4 load-shedding is unacceptable, disruptive to economy' – Gordhan
By: News24Wire 18th March 2019 Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has said that his department and National Treasury will assist embattled power utility Eskom to fast-track the procurement of "essential goods and services" required to urgently repair generating units at local stations. South Africans suffered two... →
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan
Emira on track to achieve environmental sustainability targets – CEO
By: Simone Liedtke 15th March 2019 Diversified real estate investment trust (Reit) Emira Property Fund is continuing its positive impact on environmental sustainability by increasing its use of renewable energy resources, expanding its water efficiency initiatives and phasing out the use of ozone depleting R22 refrigerant gas. The... →
Eskom confirms Stage 2 load-shedding to last until Sunday
By: News24Wire 15th March 2019 Eskom has said that stage 2 load-shedding will continue until Sunday and the risk of power cuts remains high until the middle of next week. The national power utility said the cuts were due to a shortage of generation capacity caused by plant breakdowns and the need to manage diesel and water... →
Eskom confirms will implement rotational powercuts for second straight day
By: African News Agency 15th March 2019 South Africa's State-owned electricity utility Eskom said on Friday it would implement Stage 2 rotational powercuts or load-shedding from 8 am to 11 pm due to a shortage of capacity. Eskom generates, transmits and distributes approximately 95 percent of the electricity used in South Africa and... →
Concurrent events to unfold at PEWA
15th March 2019 The Power & Electricity World Africa (PEWA) event brings innovators, disrupters and change agents together to talk and engage in business pertaining to power and electricity. →
PEWA to focus on women and youth participation in energy
By: Mamaili Mamaila 15th March 2019 The Power & Electricity World Africa (PEWA) conference will focus on innovation, investment, and women and youth participation in energy as it welcomes forty African countries for its twenty-second edition this year. →
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