Ralph

https://eeco.co.za/projects/generator/ Take the time to add your voice, no action is still action, just the wrong kind. As government and their affiliates realise that they are incapable of administering Eskom and related organisations, they also realise that the only way they can make themselves relevant is to legislate taxes for infrastructure that they are inept […]

It is important to know what the various solutions offer in terms of solar, the type of system vs generators and battery back-up options that are available. The most common of the solar options is the grid-tie system. It is more important to know that this particular solution, is a cost saving one and NOT

Some really interesting views on Eskom from those in the know. A few perspectives on how renewables will change the power landscape, the billing and the costs as the unbundling of Eskom unfolds. The common theme is that the real hurdle to cheaper electricity and much less load shedding is a combination of a few

It is quite simple. Pick up any news media around, coal sales are in a huge decline (yes! even in South Africa.). Renewables are now common place, stand right where you are and scan a few rooftops. The Eskom generation business is done for. Tito Mboweni’s presentation at the ANC conference this weekend makes perfect

We have been saying this for some time now, and while there has been low demand for power, Eskom do not have the capacity ramp it up if we have the need for a relatively low demand over and above our existing needs! Eskom will inhibit what little growth potential we have, purely because they

The tax breaks have been around for a while, essentially a system snaller than 1MW can be written off in the same year, a system larger than 1MW can be written off over 3 years 50%/30%/20%. It is important to note that while the article refers to a grid-tie system, that particular type of system

The use of diesel to run the turbines to keep the lights on is expensive and unsustainable, I have had numerous customers who are sitting with quotes but decided to postpone the purchase of their solar system as load shedding had abated. Over and above the long term cost savings from generating your own electricity,

In most companies that are not able to get government bailouts due to shoddy and inept management, things like efficiencies, cost cutting, streamlining, computerising are just some of the methods that conventional businesses use to survive, improve and grow. Unless you are an SOE. In that case, you can bumble along whilst unions hold the

Scheduled to come on line in 2014, our Eskom white elephant are still not contributing to the grid. Over R52 billion behind budget and counting and still not a kilowatt added to the Eskom grid. Chris Yelland delivered some commentary on radio 702 earlier today (30 July 2019) and the picture is still not rosy,