Treasury allows the metro to buy excess electricity from private users

Senior staff at Swiss engineering group ABB shared emails discussing appointing unqualified subcontractors who "don't do anything for us" but "cash in" because of political connections in order to...

When rich people convince themselves that they’re rich because they’re smart – instead of lucky and ruthless – they misapply their talents to areas beyond their expertise

A nuclear-dominated system could make electricity 60% more expensive than a green-heavy mix

Eusebius spoke to Crispian Olver about his explosive book How To Steal A City: The Battle for Nelson Mandela Bay which is helps us to better understand much rot within the entire state and across the...

Power projects with a combined capacity of 20.2GW are actively seeking grid access or are already in the process of connecting to the national electricity network, according to a presentation by...

South Africans who pay attention (and consider facts more important than political slogans) already know that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has a limited knowledge of the law and a complicated...

South African engineers are leaving the country, especially those working in dysfunctional government institutions.

Suspended and fired executives and their allies are ready to go to war over Ramaphosa and Gordhan's perceived abuse of power in "cleaning up" state owned enterprises.

Electricity issue requires clear and decisive leadership, and a willingness to do things differently, writes Geordin Hill-Lewis

Load-shedding and SA ports and railways chaos are talking points in boardrooms of multinational parent companies

Energy solutions company Ener-G-Africa has launched a new solar panel assembly plant in Cape Town, which is creating employment opportunities for women.

City will buy as much solar power as households and businesses can sell, says Geordin Hill-Lewis

Germany and France are providing $2.1bn in cheap loans while the UK makes the largest contribution to mobilise private finance

Confirmation that only five solar photovoltaic (PV) projects – and potentially one other – had been appointed following the latest renewables bid window is sending shockwaves through the industry. It...

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Tax breaks introduced to encourage households to invest in renewable energy largely benefit affluent families, while excluding low to middle-income households, say experts.

For eight long years, Nelson Mandela Bay has been caught in the grip of a disastrous drought, days from knocking at Day Zero's door more than once.

Researcher‚ activist and author Dr Crispian Olver has questioned whether the City of Cape Town has something to hide‚ after he was refused access to documents – and permission to interview officials...

'In March 2015, I was tasked by Pravin Gordhan, the minister responsible for local government, to root out corruption in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality in the Eastern Cape. Over the following...

Eskom has a skills deficit which is partly responsible for breakdowns in plants and equipment. CEO André de Ruyter plans to bring back old artisans and engineers as mentors.

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom is in the process of stabilising the national grid so that it will have the capacity to accept new renewab

An independent multi-stakeholder advisory body helping guide government's climate policy

Proposed legislation will target China and other countries with loose environmental rules

Apartheid’s Leviathan: Electricity and the Power of Technological Ambivalence (New African Histories)

South Africa’s current Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) is significantly underestimating what new capacity should be being built to cater for the decommissioning of the coal-fired power stations and...

A new survey of South Africa’s renewable-energy development pipeline, and its potential implications  for grid planning and investment, reveals that there is currently a 66 GW pipeline of wind and...

An independent multi-stakeholder advisory body helping guide government's climate policy

An independent multi-stakeholder advisory body helping guide government's climate policy

The eThekwini metro's water and sanitation department is on the verge of bankruptcy as officials warn that ageing infrastructure such as water, sewage and wastewater treatment plants, pipes and pump...

Local and international studies indicate that renewable energy systems, if well managed, are still a secure and least cost option

There's enough funding to reach 10-million households, but the money is being lost or misallocated

The power crisis is not about belief: it is about science

Considering South Africa’s climatic advantage, the fraction of electricity generated from renewable energy technologies is low.

An independent multi-stakeholder advisory body helping guide government's climate policy

When the country’s mining industry collapsed, a criminal economy grew in its place, with thousands of men climbing into some of the deepest shafts in the world, searching for leftover gold.

An independent multi-stakeholder advisory body helping guide government's climate policy