Business, govt collaboration demonstrates improvements in multiple crises

Business is working to add more than 10 GW of generation capacity to the electricity system by the end of next year, which would effectively end loadshedding in South Africa, Sasol president and CEO Fleetwood Grobler said on the first day of the Joburg Indaba on October 4. Speaking in his additional capacity as the chairperson of the Energy Council of South Africa, he told delegates that various businesses were focusing on improving the energy availability factor and the efficiency of power utility Eskom, as well as adding new generation capacity and reforming the energy sector.
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Opinion: Virtual Wheeling 101

In this opinion article, Jason van der Poel and Hannah Milner of Webber Wentzel discuss Eskom’s virtual wheeling pilot and how the roll-out of the programme will enable companies with multiple offtake sites to connect to generators using the Eskom or municipal grids.
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Africa using only ‘very small’ percentage of wind power potential – GWEC

Africa is utilising less than 1% of its wind power potential, which is “very, very, very little”, says Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) Africa director Wangari Muchiri. A new report released at Windaba 2023 this week shows that the continent has 9 GW of wind energy installed, but that the potential hovers around 33 000 GW.
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