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What do DPE deputy minister Enoch Godongwana, Eskom chairman Bobby Godsell, Eskom Generation COO Brian Dames and Eskom spokesman Andrew Etzinger have in common? In respect of the cost of electricity produced by Eskom, compared to that by independent power producers (IPPs) - they all repeat fallacious, misleading and tired old propaganda... (more)

At its annual meeting in Iceland in September 2009, the World Energy Council (WEC) unanimously appointed Brian Statham, chairman of the South African National Energy Association (SANEA) as Chair-Elect of the WEC Studies Committee and a Member of the Officers' Council... (more)

Following the Electricity Distribution Maintenance Summit in 2008, EDI Holdings has developed a new Approach to Distribution Asset  Management (ADAM). Energize editor Mike Rycroft interviewed EDI Holdings COO Dr. Willie de Beer to find out the details... (more)

I recently felt obliged to visit, in the dead of night, a well-known senior executive in the industry and take him to see the three customary ghosts. Not the ghosts of christmas, of course, but it was cold and dark nevertheless... (more)

Over the last 10 years the electricity reserve margin in South Africa has been steadily declining. In January 2008, there was almost daily load shedding for two weeks leading to a government declaration of a national power emergency on 25 January 2008... (more)

With all the recent debate around the important contribution that independent power producers (IPPs) can make in providing new generation capacity in South Africa, we should not forget about another low hanging fruit - industrial co-generation!... (more)