The provincial government has intervened on behalf of millions of residents in a few townships to get Eskom and City Power to replace damaged transformers which have kept communities in the dark for a long time.
The City of Tshwane has finally completed the rebuilding of a temporary Pyramid substation.
The long-awaited transformer for Vanderbijlpark substation finally arrived on Tuesday, September 26.
Trafo Power Solutions has provided the Bisie tin mine with 3 modular substations equipped with dry-type transformers.
A fire broke out at a substation at the Rooiwal Power Station in Pretoria in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Residents in several suburbs of Pretoria East woke up without electricity on Monday morning.
An urgent solution is needed to the ongoing crisis in the province of Gauteng in South Africa.
South Africa, Wadeville: Zest WEG has recently supplied a South African gold mine with locally manufactured transformers for its solar farm.
South Africa, Johannesburg: AMEA Power, a Dubai-based company, has signed an agreement with GreenCo Power Services to build an 85 MW solar plant in South Africa.
South Africa, Johannesburg: Africa Data Centres has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Distributed Power Africa for the solar energy supply.
South Africa, Johannesburg: South Africa’s power utility Eskom has announced the appointment of Calib Cassim as Interim Group CEO, with immediate effect.
Eskom Group Chief Executive André de Ruyter resigned on 14 December, as the longest serving CEO out of the last 11 who occupied the post..
The African Development Bank has approved a $129 M loan for a hydroelectric power producer to modernise its production system.
South Africa, France and Germany have signed loan agreements to each extend $300 M in concessional financing to support South Efrica’s energy transition.
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (Eskom) invites the submission of proposals for the design and construction of Weskusfleur gas-insulated substation.
South Africa: Eskom states that South Africa will need around 53 GW of new additional generation capacity from renewable sources over the next decade.
South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa says Eskom will require at least $1.83 B (R33 B) to complete the commissioning at the Medupi and Kusile power plants.
South Africa, Cape Town: The City of Cape Town has issued the tender for the engineering, procurement and construction of its planned 7 MW solar PV plant.
South Africa, Johannesburg: The growth of data centres in South Africa has been rapid in recent years, exacting requirements related to safety and reliability.
South Africa, Durban: Eskom has said it noted a rise in blown transformers due to overloading, causing electricity outages in areas around KwaZulu-Natal.
South Africa, Garden Route: Garden Route District Municipality will receive $10,98 M (€10.5 M) for renewable energy projects.
Dry-type transformer specialist Trafo Power Solutions supplied four transformers for use in standby diesel generator sets in the Western Cape province.
South Africa: Eskom has announced that Unit 4 of the Kusile Power Station Project is now formally part of the Eskom commercial fleet.
South Africa: Eskom has confirmed that Tutuka Power Station is the site of deliberate acts of sabotage.