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...
by Shanley Lutchman | Apr 13, 2023 | Energy
Daily Maverick reports that Eskom is trying to “stop residents in Mafube Municipality from implementing “voiding”, the process of using alternative, non-state-sponsored energy to make up for energy deficits as in the case of load shedding.” [1] Basically, this...
by Shanley Lutchman | Apr 5, 2023 | Energy
Moneyweb reports that Koeberg Unit 1, currently on planned maintenance, is set to return to service only in September [1]. The unit was initially supposed to be back online during the winter, but this has been moved out to spring. Koeberg Unit 1 is just over 900MW in...
by Shanley Lutchman | Apr 5, 2023 | Energy
Bloomberg reports that there is a possibility that Eskom will purchase electricity produced by Karpowerships through Mozambique.[1] In case you missed it, Karpowerships are essentially liquid natural gas fueled power stations on ships. The power station is built onto...
by Shanley Lutchman | Apr 3, 2023 | Energy
Business Day reports that Cabinet has adopted a draft “Electricity Amendment Bill” that will, hopefully, lead to establishing an independent electricity transmission system operator (TSO). [1] At the moment, in South Africa, we have electricity generators and we have...
