EU nations agree joint approach on energy prices
BRUSSELS– The energy ministers of the European Union (EU) member states on Friday agreed a common position on temporary emergency measures to curb energy prices, according to senior officials. They…
South Africa’s crippling power cuts: five essential reads
Nontobeko Mtshali, The Conversation Planned power cuts by South Africa’s state owned power utility, Eskom, have left businesses and households without electricity for close to six hours daily. Eskom introduced…
South Africa could produce a lot more renewable energy
Hartmut Winkler, University of Johannesburg South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, has not been able to provide a steady electricity supply for several years now. At the start of the 2022…
Kenya to connect to Ethiopia, Tanzania electricity grids in 2022
NAIROBI, July 1 (Xinhua) — The construction of the electricity interconnectors linking Kenya’s transmission lines to the Ethiopian and Tanzanian national electricity grids will be completed in 2022, a government…
Severe power cuts plunge South Africa into darkness
SOUTH Africa’s power utility Eskom has moved load shedding from the current Stage 4 to the more severe Stage 6 in certain periods, citing unlawful and unprotected wage-related labor action…