Tangled web of Eskom has little to do with electricity By MJ (Thinus) Booysen  Follow 14 Dec 2022  2 Professor MJ (Thinus) Booysen is Research Chair in Internet of Things and Director of the MTN Mobile Intelligence Research Laboratory in the Faculty of Engineering, Stellenbosch University: www.thinus.co.za The technical and economic challenges in South Africa’s energy crisis […]

After the Bell: The way people misunderstand renewable power is shocking  (Image: iStock) By Tim Cohen  Follow 13 Dec 2022  2 I can’t get away from the feeling that the constant, relentless defence of coal has a larger agenda somewhere behind it. Listen to this article 0:00 / 6:23 1X BeyondWords How do we comprehend the resistance among […]

Opinion: Koeberg life extension could flip switch on half a trillion rands of economic damage Graphic showing coal capacity factors and loadshedding 24TH NOVEMBER 2022 ARTICLE ENQUIRY      SAVE THIS ARTICLE      EMAIL THIS ARTICLE FONT SIZE: –+ In this opinion article, energy analyst and commentator Clyde Mallinson warns that, against the backdrop of persistent and erratic loadshedding, the economic cost of shutting the Koeberg nuclear plant for […]