The historic heat wave that’s smothered western Europe this summer has caused transportation chaos. Railroad tracks warped, airport runways failed and key roads buckled.
Tiger Brands, Africa’s biggest listed food maker, will install solar power at four manufacturing sites by early next year, part of a wider rollout to reduce the company’s dependence on South Africa’s state-owned electricity firm.
Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding will continue on Wednesday and Thursday due to a shortage of generating capacity.
Power utility Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding will be implemented on Tuesday evening, with a high chance of it being extended to Wednesday and Thursday.
Johannesburg’s municipality intends buying 500 megawatts of electricity from independent producers to help avert ongoing power outages in South Africa’s biggest city.
Seriti Resources, a key coal supplier to South Africa’s power utility, will buy a majority stake in renewable energy developer Windlab Africa.
Power utility Eskom says it may be forced to implement stage 2 load shedding at short notice on Monday night due to a shortage of generating capacity.
South Africa imported solar PV panels worth nearly R2.2 billion in the first five months of this year alone, a Reuters analysis of customs data has found.
Mid-month data from the Central Energy Fund shows that motorists could see a significant petrol and diesel price cut in September.
There are currently no regulations in place to control what electricity resellers can charge as service or vendor fees, leaving prepaid users on the hook for charges that increase each year, with no intervention.
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