Loadshedding: 2021 to be worst year yet for SA electricity crisis – Chris...
No improvement is expected in electricity provision before the end of 2022 and perhaps longer, says leading independent energy expert Chris Yelland. The only way problems can be addressed is through...
View ArticleExposed: Municipalities have diverted billions from the poor, depriving them...
A new electricity scandal has erupted in South Africa. Only two in every 10 poor households that qualify for free basic electricity have received it for at least the past five years, with...
View ArticleMeet the unsung hero working to fix Eskom for all of us
As many as 20,000 people a year are dying prematurely because of toxins spewing out of Eskom coal-powered stations. That’s the number of people, roughly, who have died from Covid-19 this year. Holding...
View ArticleEskom employees face criminal charges for air pollution – Chris Yelland
The troubles at Eskom continue. The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries issued a compliance notice to Eskom in December 2019 after it was discovered that the state-owned entity could be...
View ArticleSA energy sector: what’s worse, what’s improving – in-depth analysis by...
South Africa’s energy sector has no choice but to change. Decarbonisation is key to the country’s emissions goals. Energy expert Chris Yelland has been watching the industry’s chaotic decline for...
View ArticleEskom looks the other way as nuclear energy cleanup costs soar into taxpayers...
Energy expert Chris Yelland puts a spotlight on more financial woes at Eskom. The state-owned power utility has ignored the mounting costs associated with the decommissioning of its nuclear energy...
View ArticleFalling short: Medupi and Kusile an Eskom plan designed to fail – Chris Yelland
Medupi and Kusile were hailed as mega-projects that would change the energy landscape for South Africa. In 2007 when the projects were commissioned, blackouts were crippling mines, at the height of a...
View ArticlePowerships are a dirty, expensive mistake for SA – energy experts
The decision to allocate two-thirds of power generation capacity in South Africa’s emergency power programme to powerships has local experts shaking their heads. Chris Yelland previously asked the...
View ArticleChris Yelland, corruption buster Paul O’Sullivan on R1.4bn restraint order...
Chris Yelland joined the BizNews Power Hour, to discuss news of the NPA’s (National Prosecuting Authority) investigating directorate being awarded a restraint order of R1.4bn, against former Eskom...
View ArticleBrace yourself: harsher load shedding coming in 2022, warns energy expert
Much to the chagrin of everyone living in South Africa, load shedding isn’t disappearing anytime soon. For over 14 years, the intermittent blackouts have wreaked havoc on the economy and it seems...
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