by Shanley Lutchman | May 3, 2023 | 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...
by Shanley Lutchman | May 2, 2023 | Business
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...
by Shanley Lutchman | Apr 28, 2023 | Energy
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...
by Shanley Lutchman | Apr 20, 2023 | Energy
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...
by Shanley Lutchman | Apr 14, 2023 | Energy
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...