Ralph

Experience comes from paying school fees. It comes from years of figuring out the practical solutions to the theoretical imaginations of design. Alex Ham, a former chief engineer of power station design for Eskom lays out a few pointers on what is wrong, how to fix it, how expensive it will be and how much […]

A number of articles have now hit the press indicating that Eskom has been burning through billions in diesel in an attempt to keep votes with the ANC in the run-up to elections. The original loan from the Chinese in order to keep Eskom afloat, is also in jeopardy as what the money is supposed

The number of cynics in the audience grow daily. An article from March popped onto the radar detailing how Eskom has so far burnt R5 billion in diesel trying to keep the lights on. Jabu Mabuza’s own admission clearly indicates that this is not sustainable. So why? It all part of electioneering. constant power failures

Load shedding leads to vote shedding, coal stocks have been an issue for some time now as well as the Gupta pricing attached to that sub-grade coal. Diesel is what we are currently running our power on, but this is even more expensive than coal and is less sustainable than even poor quality coal. The

This is more about political will and the disproportionate amount of leverage the unions have over our politicians. The legislation definitely needs to be more user friendly, accessible and efficient. NERSA have come under fire for leaving Small Scale Embedded Generation (SSEG) applications gathering dust on the table while a couple of thousand MW of

News24 have a well researched article on what the cost of electricity will be. It is researched around the major metros, also included is the increase in rates and taxes and water (also a failing infrastructure). A small note in there is the admin cost for prepaid meters of which there are 4,5 million in

Generally, I consider myself to be positive and upbeat, but being in the energy industry, i like to read current news from as many different sources as possible to get a clear picture of where we are and what plans to go through that we can adapt to a number of scenarios going forward. No

If you look for something wrong, you will always find it. The crucial thing to garner is if this is constructive or purely to re-inforce your point or bullying a counterpart by proving your ego right and your peer/subordinate wrong. It is not too difficult to find things going wrong with Eskom, pretty much everything

News24 also covered the same information, two independent sources from two separate media sources means the likelihood of false news is slim. Again, this reaffirms what Chris Yelland and Ted Blom have been saying all along about the crisis not going away. Eskom is quite literally in crash management mode. The duck that looks calm

We knew it was coming, as Eskom’s aging infrastructures get moth-balled and there are no new plants being built (the two current disasters excluded), the need to become self sufficient in terms of power for your home and business is becoming more crucial than ever! Don’t take our word for it, read what Bloomberg has