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power grid

‘People are broken’ — Daily Maverick readers describe toll rolling blackouts take on their health and businesses

South Africa, Maverick News

‘People are broken’ — Daily Maverick readers describe toll rolling blackouts take on their health and businesses

by: Victoria O’Regan

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

Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

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

by: Kristin Engel

Residential solar power systems: Soaking up the sun is rewarding, but it isn’t all plain sailing

South Africa, Our Burning Planet, DM168

Residential solar power systems: Soaking up the sun is rewarding, but it isn’t all plain sailing

by: Sukasha Singh

Solar panel customers will finally be able to sell excess electricity into the SA grid

Business Maverick, South Africa, Our Burning Planet

Solar panel customers will finally be able to sell excess electricity into the SA grid

by: Ed Stoddard

South Africans make a plan in the face of never-ending electricity blackouts

South Africa, Maverick News

South Africans make a plan in the face of never-ending electricity blackouts

by: Victoria O’Regan

Helpless, anxious and depressed — how Eskom blackouts hit ordinary South Africans

South Africa, Maverick News

Helpless, anxious and depressed — how Eskom blackouts hit ordinary South Africans

by: Victoria O’Regan

Waking up to Stage 6, now Eskom execs are fighting to fend off Stage 8 power cuts

Business Maverick, South Africa

Waking up to Stage 6, now Eskom execs are fighting to fend off Stage 8 power cuts

by: Ferial Haffajee

SA lags behind in facing up to the magnitude of global energy insecurity

Business Maverick, South Africa, World, Our Burning Planet

SA lags behind in facing up to the magnitude of global energy insecurity

by: Sharon Wood

Land of the sharing sun – meet Japan’s farmers using solar power to grow profits and crops

World, Our Burning Planet

Land of the sharing sun – meet Japan’s farmers using solar power to grow profits and crops

by: Shoko Oda

Joburg residents sit in the dark for days as the city’s grid collapses

South Africa

Joburg residents sit in the dark for days as the city’s grid collapses

by: Ferial Haffajee

Stage 4 power cuts hit South Africa as nearly half the grid fails over Easter

Business Maverick, South Africa

Stage 4 power cuts hit South Africa as nearly half the grid fails over Easter

by: Ferial Haffajee

Daily Maverick readers give a first-hand account of how load shedding has played havoc with their businesses

Business Maverick, South Africa

Daily Maverick readers give a first-hand account of how load shedding has played havoc with their businesses

by: Karabo Mafolo