The Fuel Price and Renewable Energy

The Fuel Price and Renewable Energy

With each announcement of fuel price changes, motorists tend to dream about alternatives. At the moment, our fuel is produced mainly from imported oil. However, with South Africa’s incredible solar and wind resources, one can’t help but think about ways to get cheaper...
What Bud Light Teaches Us About Advertising

What Bud Light Teaches Us About Advertising

Bud Light is a beer common to most Americans. I’m not American, nor do I drink alcohol. But there is something every business owner can learn from some recent events in the Bud Light story. Bud Light put out a marketing campaign where they partnered with a transgender...
Mafube Municipality Forced to Dump Solar

Mafube Municipality Forced to Dump Solar

Mafube municipality, in the Free State, has been using a private company, RFS, to manage their electricity network. This includes control over the municipality’s connection point to the main Eskom grid and control over when they load shed the municipality. RFS...
Another Ship Solution to Our Energy Crisis

Another Ship Solution to Our Energy Crisis

An article from Moneyweb [1] reports on a company called Rosatom and their power offering to Eskom. Rosatom, like Karpowership, builds power stations on ships and sends them to the point of need. Karpowerships, you may recall, are gas-to-power technology. Rosatom...
The Electricity Minister’s Love for Coal

The Electricity Minister’s Love for Coal

Last week, the newly elected electricity minister Kgosientso Ramokgopa gave a report on his visits to all the country’s power stations [1]. Overall, I get the sense that the minister has a good understanding of where we are and what the possibilities are for...