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As South Africa was plunged back into Stage 2 load shedding this week, Eskom has announced that it's selected 18 companies to develop renewable energy ...

Let's just say 1,000 MW is delivered from the new generators to the offtakers, relieving Eskom... that will reduce load shedding by one stage. This article first appeared on CapeTalk : 'Eskom land lease deal for green energy a huge step to reduce load shedding' ... supplying this power from the IPPs directly to the offtaker, that is large industry in that area (and you can guess who the largest industry in that area is!).Chris Yelland, Energy analyst and MD - EE Business Intelligence Yelland clarifies that this electricity will be delivered to industries that need this power and "not to you and me". 'Eskom land lease deal for green energy a huge step to reduce load shedding' The Money Show interviews energy analyst Chris Yelland, MD of EE Business Intelligence.

In a move to expedite independent renewable energy generation, Eskom has identified 18 winning bids for an auction that it took to market in April to offer ...

A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily. The land, owned by Eskom, is situated around coal-fired power stations in Mpumalanga. The state-owned utility owns about 36,000ha in the province and this first round of bidding made available 4,000ha to independent renewable power producers... In a move to expedite independent renewable energy generation, Eskom has identified 18 winning bids for an auction that it took to market in April to offer independent power producers (IPPs) use of vacant land with direct access to the national grid.

Another step closer to cutting back on our carbon footprint. Eskom's selected 18 companies to lease land for renewable energy projects in Mpumalanga.

Tensions are rising at Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., with the struggling South African electricity supplier confirming protests at a number of power plants ...

Pretoria - Eskom has identified 18 companies which were selected among the bids to receive the lease of land for renewable energy projects in the power ...

This additional capacity will be added to the grid without any cost to the taxpayer.” “The companies cannot be named as no contracts have been signed as yet. The land lease agreements will be concluded on a commercial basis, with Eskom earning some income from the lease of the land while the projects will enter into sale agreements for the electricity with third parties.

The demonstrations have coincided with stage 2 rotational power cuts which the state-owned utility says will remain in place until Sunday due to the ...

He did not respond to a question about whether the targeted stations had been affected. Mantshantsha said there had been some incidents of intimidation, adding that although the protesters had been largely peaceful to date, police had been alerted. Eskom spokesman Sikonathi Mantshantsha confirmed the demonstrations at six coal-fired power stations, namely Duvha, Hendrina, Matla and Arnot in Mpumalanga as well as Medupi and Matimba in Limpopo.

Tensions are rising at Eskom Holdings, with the struggling South African electricity supplier confirming protests at a number of power plants following a ...

A spokeswoman for Numsa declined to comment. Eskom, which generates almost all of the nation’s power, reached a deadlock with labor unions in pay talks earlier this week. The National Union of Mineworkers and National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa are the two biggest labor groups at Eskom. The energy coordinator for Num didn’t immediately return a call and text message.

Six coal-fired stations of Eskom had their roads blocked by workers who were protesting allegedly over their wages.

In other news about the power utility, it was previously reported that Eskom issued a warning to Eastern Cape residents about a recent scam involving people who are impersonating Eskom employees or contractors. According to Mantshantsha, groups of people at six coal-fired stations blocked roads that lead to some of the power stations. The pay negotiation talks between Eskom and labour unions have reportedly reached a standstill. He explained that this hampers the movements of both people and goods into or outside the facilities. Photo: @Eskom_SA / Twitter and only lines / Flickr Photo: @Eskom_SA / Twitter and only lines / Flickr

State-owned utility Eskom has confirmed to Engineering News on June 23 that 18 companies have been selected from the bids received for the lease of ...

The selected projects are expected to provide a total of about 1 800 MW of generation capacity once they are brought online and connected to the grid, with each project contributing 100 MW through either solar or wind energy generation. The land lease agreements will be concluded on a commercial basis, with Eskom earning income from the lease of the land. Eskom CEO André de Ruyter said the aim was to officially sign the land lease agreements with the successful bidders by August, at which time the winning bidders’ names would be revealed.

Eskom has warned that unprotected strikes at its power plants will cause intensified load-shedding if it is allowed to continue.

“The free movement of personnel and transportation of commodities in and out of power stations are essential to ensure smooth operations and to limit load-shedding to current levels and below,” said Eskom. “These protests included incidents of intimidation of working employees and blockading of roads leading to power stations and other facilities, inhibiting the free flow of personnel and commodities required for the generation of electricity and smooth operations.” “Over the past 24 hours, Eskom experienced protests at nine of its power stations and other operating facilities, by some of its employees who have embarked on unprotected strike action following a deadlock in wage negotiations on Tuesday,” the power utility stated.

Power utility Eskom warned on Friday morning that if protests at nine of its power stations and facilities continue, it increases the risk of higher stages ...

On Wednesday Eskom confirmed that it reached a deadlock in talks with Numsa the at the Central Bargaining Forum. "These protests included incidents of intimidation of working employees and blockading of roads leading to power stations and other facilities, inhibiting the free flow of personnel and commodities required for the generation of electricity and smooth operations," Eskom said in a statement. Power utility Eskom warned on Friday morning that if protests at nine of its power stations and facilities continue, it increases the risk of higher stages of load shedding.

There were protests at nine power stations and other operating facilities by employees who had embarked on unprotected strike action following a deadlock in ...

“Ahead of these disturbances, the power system had already been under considerable strain for a while, with Stage 2 loadshedding currently being implemented.” “Eskom cautions the public that should these criminal acts of intimidation persist or spread, this would increase the risk of operational disturbances and the implementation of loadshedding at higher stages,” the utility said. “These protests included incidents of intimidation of working employees and blockading of roads leading to power stations and other facilities, inhibiting the free flow of personnel and commodities required for the generation of electricity and smooth operations,” it said.

South African state-owned utility Eskom said on Friday that power cuts could intensify, after labour protests at nine of its facilities linked to deadlocked ...

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In the last 24 hours, the state-owned utility, which walked out of wage talks with organised labour earlier this week, is experiencing protests at nine of its ...

Eskom appeals to its labour partners and striking employees to embrace the higher purpose of putting the people of South Africa first, respect the law and to desist from illegal and undemocratic conduct.” Eskom employees are prohibited by law from striking as the provision of electricity is an essential service. “The increased unavailability of plant has necessitated an extensive usage of emergency generation reserves, which are depleting faster than can be replenished.”

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. said it may increase power cuts in South Africa as workers escalate protests over wages.

Power utility Eskom says it has experienced protests at nine of its power stations and other operating facilities over the past 24 hours, by some of its…

The group said that the provision of electricity is an essential service in which industrial action is not permitted. Ahead of these disturbances, the power system had already been under considerable strain for a while, with stage 2 load shedding currently being implemented.” “The free movement of personnel and transportation of commodities in and out of power stations are essential to ensure smooth operations and to limit load shedding to current levels and below,” it said.

Eskom is warning rolling blackouts could move to a higher stage after protests at some of its power stations. Power cuts are currently at Stage 2.

Eskom is warning rolling blackouts could move to a higher stage after protests at some of its power stations. JOHANNESBURG - Eskom is warning rolling blackouts could move to a higher stage after protests at some of its power stations. Power cuts are currently at Stage 2.

In a statement, the power utility said that some of its employees were on an unprotected strike over salaries after negotiations deadlocked earlier this ...

It said that this would "help fill the generation deficit while dealing with generating units that may trip amidst the disturbances and compensate for the inability to return generating units timeously to service". In a statement, the power utility said that due to the ongoing unprotected labour action, it was compelled to take action to conserve emergency generation reserves. In a statement, the power utility said that some of its employees were on an unprotected strike over salaries after negotiations deadlocked earlier this week.

In the past, Eskom's wage talks have turned fraught, leading to similar protests which hampered operations.

Eskom said earlier that the protests had included incidents of intimidation of working employees and blockades on roads leading to power stations. The utility company, which has struggled to meet power demand in Africa’s most industrialised nation for more than a decade, has been implementing rotational outages since the start of the week. The negotiations with trade unions including the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa broke down on Tuesday. In the past, Eskom’s wage talks have turned fraught, too, leading to similar protests which hampered operations.

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.'s credit risk is soaring as South Africa's state-owned electricity supplier girds for a battle with labor unions over wage demands ...

The power utility says it is necessary to take precautions to preserve emergency reserves.

“Due to the ongoing unprotected labour action, Eskom is compelled to take precautionary actions to conserve emergency generation reserves,” Eskom said in a ...

On Saturday and Sunday stage 4 load-shedding will be implemented from 05:00 am until midnight. “Load-shedding will regretfully be implemented to stage 4 from 11:00 am until midnight. Eskom announced on Friday morning that it will raise load-shedding to stage 4 until midnight.

Eskom has been granted an interdict to stop the illegal strike action at some of its power stations, which has contributed to escalating load shedding.

Stage 4 load shedding will continue to be implemented this weekend between 05:00 and midnight. Eskom has been granted an interdict to stop illegal strike action at nine of its power stations, Chief Operations Officer Jan Oberholzer confirmed on Friday. - Eskom has been granted an interdict to stop illegal strike action at nine of its power stations.

June 24 (Reuters) – South African state power company Eskom said it would be forced to widen electricity cuts onFriday and over the weekend as labour ...

The company has asked police to restore order. “While exploring possible solutions to unlock the deadlock with the unions, Eskom appeals to its labour partners and striking employees to embrace the higher purpose of putting the people of South Africa first,” Eskom said in a statement. But it will increase the severity of the outages to “Stage 4,” requiring up to 4,000 megawatts (MW) of capacity to be shed from the national grid,from 1100 local time until midnight (from 0900 to 2200 GMT) on Friday.

Eskom said on Friday that wildcat strikes and protests at nine of its power stations have caused 'operational disturbances', raising the spectre of even ...

Employees that participate in such action would be carrying out an act of misconduct, and disciplinary action will be instituted against them.” Any industrial action that may occur will be unprotected. All Eskom employees are, as a result, prohibited from engaging in any form of industrial action and/or any action that retards or obstructs Eskom’s operations.

Due to the ongoing unprotected labour action, Eskom says it has been compelled to take precautionary actions to conserve emergency generation reserves.

We, therefore, urge all South Africans to continue using electricity sparingly, especially during these uncertain times on the power system.” We currently have 2 766MW on planned maintenance, while another 17.395MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns. This would help fill the generation deficit while dealing with generating units that may trip amidst the disturbances and compensate for the inability to return generating units timeously to service,” the power utility said.

The struggling power utility is blaming the ongoing unprotected labour action by its employees for its decision to further plunge South Africans into ...

"We have experienced numerous intimidation and other forms of illegal activity. Can we come back to the negotiating table, so that we can resolve this." "Eskom is actually the one responsible for how we got here, why did they walk out of talks, which provoked a lot of anger amongst workers?

Eskom Chief Operating Officer Jan Oberholzer has apologised after the country was plunged into Stage 4 load shedding on Friday.

According to Bredell, power cuts are costing South Africa R500-million per stage, per day. Mathebula confirmed an instance where people were dragged out of their positions at an Eskom power station, however, the agency was able to intervene quickly. Oberholzer said Eskom was looking at available options — including being granted an urgent court interdict on Friday morning. Initially, Eskom announced Stage 2 power cuts on Monday 20 June between 5pm and 10pm. Then the struggling energy utility increased power cuts on Wednesday 22 June between 10am and midnight. Eskom CEO André de Ruyter was missing from the media briefing — which spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha confirmed, saying he was at another meeting.

As some of the unions and employees realise the impact of their actions to the economy and people - Eskom is hopeful they will stop the strike action. 4h ago.

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Unions at Eskom are split about recent protests that have sprung up at the utility amid adversarial wage talks, tipping South Africa into stage 4 load ...

Sol Plaatje municipality in the Northern Cape says it has written a letter of complaint to SA's electricity regulator after Eskom CEO André de Ruyter ...

But the municipality is not leaving it there. (The rate of R3.0203 per kWh does not apply to residential customers.) So when people complain about the cost of electricity – yes in some cases it is true." The municipality, meanwhile, charges certain commercial users a tariff of up to R3.0203 per kilowatt-hour in winter, when demand is highest. The municipality is not only denying the mark-up was as large as De Ruyter claimed, but has gone on the offensive to accuse Eskom of charging higher rates to come customers it supplies directly. Sol Plaatje municipality in the Northern Cape says it has written a letter of complaint to SA's electricity regulator after Eskom CEO André de Ruyter singled it out for charging "hefty" winter increases.

Agricultural organisation TLU SA is urging Eskom to address its challenges, rather than punishing everyone.