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Eskom has connected the Koeberg nuclear power station’s Unit 2 to South Africa's national grid, progressing the country's Generation Operational Recovery Plan. Unit 2's 930MW capacity is ...
Eskom reports that, as of Friday, the weekly average breakdowns at its power stations were 14,496 MW. For eight weeks in a ...
South Africa's state power utility Eskom said on Wednesday it would implement "Stage 6" rotational power cuts from 1200 local time (1000 GMT) until further notice due to breakdowns of some of its ...
South Africa's state power provider Eskom will implement scheduled power blackouts on Wednesday, after a shutdown of its nuclear power plant prompted by a rising leak rate in one of its steam ...
The African Development Bank has approved a $365m loan to Eskom for two power plant projects, ... South Africa’s Eskom gets $365m for solar, wind plants. June 1, 2011.
South Africa has started deploying its army at power stations as theft and vandalism adds to the inability of state-owned utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. to meet electricity demand.
South Africa's power utility Eskom implemented severe power cuts Tuesday after several generation units failed, the latest in a decade-and-half of blackouts that have stymied economic growth.
South Africa's power firm Eskom returned two hydropower plants to Uganda's government on Tuesday after Ugandan authorities declined to renew its licence, Uganda's energy minister said.
South Africa’s return to deeper electricity outages is due to an increase in repairs at the state power utility’s plants that are needed to improve the reliability of the grid, according to ...
Power utility Eskom, whose fleet of old coal-fired power plants generates most of South Africa's electricity, had applied to exempt eight of its plants from minimum emission standards prescribed ...
The African Development Bank has approved a $365m loan to Eskom for two power plant projects, according to Public Enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba.