Blackouts

South Africa is planning to scale up its grid capacity as it works to both address the crippling power shortages that have plagued it for 15 years, and also put the country on track to meet its decarbonisation goals. According to…

Article content South Africa is planning to scale up its grid capacity as it works to both address the crippling power shortages that have plagued it for 15 years, and also put the country on track to meet its decarbonization goals. …

In a picturesque valley two hours’ drive southeast of Cape Town, Berene Sauls is running way behind schedule. The crush from her latest harvest was delayed, bottling often slows to a standstill and she’s been forced to repackage badly…

As Europe and the U.S. push to ramp up development and sales of electric vehicles, researchers are concerned that cybersecurity is being neglected. In the worst of cases, hackers could engineer blackouts and do damage to entire electric…

Eskom, South Africa’s state power utility, will cut 2 000 megawatts of power from 7 a.m. Wednesday until 4 p.m., scrapping a plan to suspend electricity rationing during daytime because of delays in returning some of its generating units…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Rolling blackouts are costing South Africa dearly. The electricity crisis is a barrier to growth, destroys…

South Africa’s plan to alleviate blackouts by securing 2 000 megawatts of power from plants mounted on ships may include generating electricity by burning heavy fuel oil. On Wednesday, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa told…

Residents in the South African town of Frankfort have invested heavily in solar energy -- but a court ruling has forced them to abide by power cuts imposed by…

Article content (Bloomberg) — A fleet of new natural gas-fired power plants in Texas could cost $18 billion, much more than an earlier estimate, as lawmakers attempt to improve the state’s electric grid after its deadly failure in 2021.…

Two days after Russian troops retreated from Kherson on November 11, Ukraine Railways CEO Alexander Kamyshin arrived in the city accompanied by Ukrainian special forces and a small team of railway workers. They reached the central train…