Great potential in small hydro

Despite South Africa being a water-scarce country, there is still significant potential to develop small hydroelectric plants, says International Hydropower Association (IHA) VP Dr Terry Moss.

A review of South Africa’s Electricity Industry 2011 is available for purchase online

The brief reprieve offered to South Africa's electricity sector by the global slowdown served more to engender a false sense of electricity security than to facilitate the roll-out of additional power generation capacity, and Eskom has begun...

SA power prices to increase by 31,3%

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on Thursday granted electricity utility Eskom a 31,3% power tariff increase, which includes an environmental levy, and warned consumers that future tariff increases would occur. State-owned...

Domestic output likely to displace coal imports as India builds industry

The amount of coal imported by India is likely to drop over the next five years, despite the fact that the overall demand for coal in the country is expected to leap from 600-million tons a year currently, to over 750-million tons a year by 2011.

Chamber of Mines has concerns about future electricity supply

The mining industry in South Africa needs answers, and as soon as possible, to fundmental questions about the country’s future electricity supply system.

Anglo puts its weight behind junior mining fund

In a bid to promote empowerment within the junior mining sector in South Africa, resources giant Anglo American and Khula Enterprise Finance announced the formation of the Anglo Khula Mining Fund yesterday.

Changing the global face of coal

The turn of the century has heralded the transformation of coal, the Cinderella of the world energy market, into a more modern and competitive fuel.

Coal's new e-marketplace facilitating 340-million ton-a-year worth of trade

The turn of the century has heralded the transformation of coal, the Cinderella of the world energy market, into a more modern and competitive fuel.