by Manie de Waal | Jul 11, 2023 | Power
Atlantis Foundries (Pty) Ltd (AF), one of Africa’s largest foundry operations, has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Energy Partners (EP), an integrated energy solutions company. According to the terms of the agreement, EP will engineer, finance,...
by Manie de Waal | Jun 27, 2023 | Power, Refrigeration, Steam
Almost 60 years ago, on 6 June 1966, a young Robert F. Kennedy told an audience at the University of Cape Town, “There is a Chinese curse which says, ‘May he live in interesting times.’ Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and...
by Manie de Waal | Jun 9, 2022 | Power
Eskom’s load shedding schedule for the next six months indicates that businesses across the country can expect a significant amount of downtime over the coming months, with two months of planned load shedding between April and August. This continuous disruption...
by Manie de Waal | Mar 9, 2022 | Power
A new electricity pricing methodology, proposed by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) on 30 September 2021 has led to a significant backlash from the public as well as various energy industry stakeholders – and for good reason. The concern stems...
by Manie de Waal | Aug 19, 2021 | Power, Refrigeration
South African retailers looking for ways to recover from the latest lockdown, as well as recent countrywide looting and vandalism, may welcome the opportunity to cut costs on the system that makes up the bulk of their energy spend – refrigeration. The initial outlay...
