Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Eskom’

Eskom struggling to balance supply, maintenance

Eskom is struggling to maintain a balance between a steady power supply and a growing need to maintain old power stations, the state-owned energy company said on Monday. “Most power stations are in mid-life and require increased maintenance. However, maintenance has been continually shifted in order to ensure we meet

Gigaba wants super ministry for growth

Public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba wants all parastatals to be brought under his department to drive economic growth, he told the Sunday Times at the weekend. His department currently controlled eight parastatals, including SAA, Transnet, Eskom and Denel. With the exception of Broadband Infraco

Eskom rakes in R12,8bn profit on tariff hikes

Eskom grew its net profit to R12,8bn in the six months to the end of September, chief financial officer Paul O’Flaherty said on Wednesday. The power utility grew revenue to R63,9bn, which was mainly driven by the 25,8% tariff increase, granted by the National Energy Regulator of SA

Eskom signs R1,9bn green energy loan

Power utility Eskom signed a US250m (R1,9 billion) loan on Monday that will finance the building of SA’s largest solar energy and wind power generation projects. Signing the guarantee, finance minister Pravin Gordhan said SA had a “huge comparative advantage”

How much is the Internet’s electricity bill?

How much is the Internet’s electricity bill?

To most of us, the Internet is pretty close to magic. Type in a search, click a link, and the info just arrives on our screens. There isn’t any visible evidence that actual work is needed to make this happen; no grinding gears or roaring burners, and there

Teraco out to beat Eskom price hikes

Independent data centre operator Teraco is expanding its facilities in Johannesburg and Cape Town and building a new centre in Durban as demand in the SA market explodes. But it’s having to focus enormous energy on increasing power efficiencies

TalkCentral: Episode 39 – ‘Fruity’

TalkCentral: Episode 39 – ‘Fruity’

Craig Wilson and Duncan McLeod are in the studio this week for a packed episode of TalkCentral, TechCentral’s business technology podcast. In episode 39, we look at Eskom’s load-shedding schedule, the appointment

No load shedding – yet

City Power Johannesburg has posted load-shedding schedules on its website, but said this did not mean it would happen, the Citizen reported on Thursday. “On an annual basis we update our load-shedding schedules

Don’t be alarmed by steam at Koeberg

The public are advised not to be alarmed at steam issuing from the Koeberg nuclear power station during the next few days, a spokesman said. “Given the events in Japan, we want to assure the public that perfectly clean steam

Eskom build programme on track, says minister

Eskom has spent more than R75,5bn on the capital investment programme since 2005, and delivered 5 031MW of new electricity generating capacity into the system, transport minister Sbu Ndebele said

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