Eskom’s proposed tariff hikes untenable; reduction mechanisms being weighed – Ramokgopa

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is confident that government will be able to positively intervene on Eskom’s tariff-hike application for the 2025/26 financial year at the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). If granted as it currently stands, electricity costs for direct Eskom customers would increase by 36.15% on April 1 next year, and by 43.55% at municipal level from July 1.
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Opinion: Danish-South African energy cooperation to unleash just energy transition in …

South Africa has some of the best resources for wind and solar energy in the world. However, the country battles with grid constraints in areas with higher wind speeds, and little renewable-energy deployment in areas with available grid. The Danish-South African energy cooperation addresses these challenges, write Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone, Ambassador of Denmark to South Africa, and Stine Leth Rasmussen, Deputy Director-General of the Danish Energy Agency
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Skills development, and the renewable energy sector’s worker needs, are misaligned in South Africa

That South Africa, in general, and the renewable-energy sector in particular, need skills development, is a truism. But the requirements of the renewable-energy industry and the output of skills development institutions and programmes are significantly out of alignment. But not in the way you might think. The country is currently producing too many skilled renewable-energy workers, compared with the industry’s actual needs. This was made clear during a panel discussion at the Windaba 2024 conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
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