It's official - we've got the loan. And from the limited information available at this time it appears that it is unconditional, this despite the lack of support from significant shareholders of the World Bank. The award will come as a great relief to those concerned about security of supply in South Africa... (more)

Short-term insurance provider Santam has partnered with Eskom to encourage households to switch from conventional electrical geysers to the energy-efficient solar water heaters.. (more)

If there ever was a time to justify energy subsidies, now is not it. Can any reasonably sane economist - or for that matter anyone with some common sense - make a convincing case for energy price subsidies these days?... (more)

It's always a bit eerie, he said, this calm before the storm. I was still in the dark until he finally said: "Twenty-four-point-eight meter waves are really frightening, especially in the electricity price!"... (more)

Perhaps what sets the tone for this whole book are the introductory chapters which describe the Venter family background. Dr. Bill might no doubt be proud to say that he came from poor white stock who fought the British in the Boer war... (more)

The Anglo website has officially announced its study for the construction of a new coal-fired power station using circulating fluidised-bed combustion technology. What will be next?... (more)

This involves analysing coal from the mines, determining the combustion properties in a test facility, establishing performance profiles of each generation plant and working out a projection of operating efficiency... (more)

Detection and measurement of partial discharge (PD) phenomena, which are asymptoms of insulation deterioration, can provide early warning of insulation failure... (more)