Monde Bala appointed NTCSA interim CEO while search for permanent head continues

The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has announced that Monde Bala, who has hitherto been group executive at Eskom Distribution, will be seconded to the role of interim CEO from August 1, succeeding Segomoco Scheppers. In a statement, NTCSA said that an “accelerated” process of recruiting and appointing a permanent CEO was also currently under way.
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Solarise Africa commissions 1 MW solar plant for Northern Cape farm

Energy-as-a-service company Solarise Africa has commissioned a 1 MW ground-mounted solar installation at the Zuurgat Farm, near Hopetown, in the Northern Cape, for farming enterprise Genade Boerdery. The newly commissioned solar system comprises 1 976 Longi 550 W solar modules and 8 Huawei 115 kW inverters, and form a robust grid-tied setup that has been designed to maximise reliability and efficiency.
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Eskom insists delayed return of Koeberg Unit 1 won’t increase loadshedding risk

Eskom has announced a delay to the return of Koeberg Unit 1 from another extended maintenance outage, but insists that the risk of loadshedding this winter has not increased as a result. The unit was shut early in the year for the second phase of its long-term operation maintenance programme, which was a requirement of its 20-year life extension granted by the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) for the unit last year.
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