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independent power producers

After the Bell: The impending end of Eskom’s 100-year monopoly

Business Maverick

After the Bell: The impending end of Eskom’s 100-year monopoly

By Ray Mahlaka

Ramokgopa pledges to be ‘ultra-aggressive’ with roll-out of renewable energy

Our Burning Planet

Ramokgopa pledges to be ‘ultra-aggressive’ with roll-out of renewable energy

By Julia Evans

Private sector may have to foot R200bn for expanding SA’s electricity grid

Business Maverick

Private sector may have to foot R200bn for expanding SA’s electricity grid

By Ray Mahlaka

Unbundling of Eskom one stage closer with transfer of control over independent power producers

South Africa

Unbundling of Eskom one stage closer with transfer of control over independent power producers

By Michelle Banda

‘Virtual wheeling’ – Eskom's new product enhances electricity supply and customer choice

Business Maverick

‘Virtual wheeling’ – Eskom's new product enhances electricity supply and customer choice

By Linsey Dyer and Chris Yelland

Deregulating South Africa’s electricity market – where to start and where to next?

Business Maverick

Deregulating South Africa’s electricity market – where to start and where to next?

By Alexandra Clüver, Alessandra Pardini, Mark Walker, Christopher Andrew and Alexandra Felekis

‘Effectively on ice’: Grid capacity constraints jeopardise some renewable energy projects

Our Burning Planet

‘Effectively on ice’: Grid capacity constraints jeopardise some renewable energy projects

By Kristin Engel

How the City of Cape Town managed to avoid Stage 6 load shedding thanks to hydroelectric scheme

South Africa

How the City of Cape Town managed to avoid Stage 6 load shedding thanks to hydroelectric scheme

By Victoria O'Regan and Onke Ngcuka

Alarm bells ring over multibillion-rand nuclear power station plan for Durban

South Africa

Alarm bells ring over multibillion-rand nuclear power station plan for Durban

By Tony Carnie

eThekwini’s electricity unit ‘needs drastic action to be financially sustainable’

South Africa

eThekwini’s electricity unit ‘needs drastic action to be financially sustainable’

By Des Erasmus

If Eskom’s tariff increase is to go, its financing model needs to bite the dust too

Business Maverick

If Eskom’s tariff increase is to go, its financing model needs to bite the dust too

By Dominic Brown and Jaco Oelofsen

How the ANC's years-long delays on renewables plunged SA into darkness and scuppered plan to end blackouts

South Africa

How the ANC's years-long delays on renewables plunged SA into darkness and scuppered plan to end blackouts

By Julia Evans and Onke Ngcuka