A new programme is set to assist households in saving electricity – at no cost to the households.
In order to understand what is possible, one needs to understand some buzz words. If one wants to learn to sail, one needs to learn words like Port, Starboard, Stern, Forward, Hatch, Spinnacker, Port, etc. If one learns to run, one learns about Pronate, Shoes, Roads, Tracks, etc.
About 77% of the country’s primary energy is provided by coal. Of that, 53% is used for electricity generation and 15 of the utility’s 27 existing and incomplete power stations are coal fired. South Africa’s dependence on fossil fuels is fast depleting our energy sources and is slowly resulting in a substantial depletion.
The world has no chance of sealing an emissions cut deal unless companies lobby their governments for an accord, the UN climate chief told the global business elite in Davos.
Friday, the 2nd of December Earth Life Africa held an anti-coal seminar at the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard campus).
Powertech IST Otokon was awarded the Energy Project of the Year at the Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency’s (SAEE) Awards Ceremony last night.
In recent months South Africa has seen a dramatic change in its energy policy as the Department of Energy, NERSA and Eskom have taken steps to move to a renewable energy future.
Energy crisis ' we hear these words every day but what does it mean? Are we tired and worn out?
South African Energy and Public Enterprises Ministers, Elizabeth Dipuo Peters and Malusi Gigaba are both speaking at the opening session of the upcoming Solar Energy Africa conference in Johannesburg from 19-20 September.
Massive public enterprises are still battling to get maintenance off the back-burner while at the same time huge investment is going into new-build projects, according to Tracey-Lee Zurcher, the project director of Reliability & Maintenance Week, taking place in Johannesburg in November.
If you have a bright energy-saving idea / product or have developed an innovative process to save electricity, you have a chance to win a prestigious eta Award as well as some handsome cash rewards!
Greenpeace has identified our national energy supplier's addiction and named it coal. How do we get them to rehab? Greenpeace found it suitable to nudge them towards the sober path by dumping five tons of coal on their headquarters' doorstep.
The commercial solar industry in South Africa has received a great boost with the recent announcement by Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba that the African Development Bank has approved the loan of $365 million to Eskom. The minister said during his budget speech in Parliament that Eskom had received this as part of its renewable energy project build programme in line with the IRP.
Friends of the Earth Mozambique sent an urgent letter to Brian Dames, Chief Executive Officer of Eskom, as well as to our president, Mr Jacob Zuma, and the president of Mozambique, Mr Armando Guebuza, to highlight the plea of people who depend of the natural frow of the Zambezi river and the vital river health for their livelihood and economy...
This book was the first down to earth basic book about saving energy in the household using layman's terms that I have found. A must buy to have handy.
It educates people like me who only know Eskom as a monopoly and all the bad press around it. It informed me of all the other parties involved and that there are plans in place to make Eskom one of many to supply energy and also in different more sustainable ways.
In the life of any nation there are rare moments of historic opportunity when great decisions can be taken that will shape the future for generations to come. We are going through one of those moments now, but it all ends this week at a crucial meeting of the board of the World Bank. Will South Africans let the future be decided in that boardroom?
In just days, the World Bank will vote on a proposed R29 billion loan to Eskom to build the fourth-largest coal plant in the world -- a climate disaster. At the same time, Eskom plans to effectively double electricity rates over the next three years. Big polluters are getting cut-rate electricity while ratepayers would be left to pay back this disastrous loan.
As part of Eskom's energy saving initiative known as 'Measure to Manage,' real-time energy consumption meter readings help businesses use energy sustainably and reduce their carbon footprint. CTICC has given Eskom permission to install 36 meters and modems over a period to monitor the centre's energy consumption in real time. This data will be translated into environmental information, made accessible for viewing via an online energy dashboard, and updated every 60 seconds. To view the CTICC's energy consumption, carbon emissions and energy demand visit www.measure2manage.co.za. You can also register for periodic energy saving email alerts.
'Eskom raises its tariff by 34%' scream recent headlines, 'and intend charging more over the next few years.' Regardless of Eskom's perceived and actual mismanagement, some say this is a positive move as we are now seeing the real costs of electricity and can take resolute action to fit a Solar powered system.
ABB to build solar energy plants for Eskom
Leading power and automation technology group ABB is to construct two solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants for South African national power utility Eskom Holdings.
