Evaluating Eskom’s bold turnaround claims: what SA’s C&I companies need to know

​Arguably, the most talked-about point to emerge from this year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) was that ‘the end of loadshedding is finally within reach’. Since then, the assertions of President Ramaphosa have been referenced extensively by Eskom, which has made...

Kimberly-Clark, Energy Partners sign PPA for one of Cape Town’s largest rooftop solar systems

​​​​​   Kimberly-Clark (K-C), one of the world's leading manufacturers of personal care and hygiene products and owner of household brands such as BabySoft®, Kleenex®, Kotex® and Huggies®, has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with integrated...

Accelerating South Africa’s automotive industry to Net Zero: The embedded generation imperative

As the world races to net-zero emissions by 2050, the global automotive industry is at a crossroads, facing the unprecedented challenge of rethinking strategies, cultures and products as it navigates the complex landscape of decarbonisation. Industry stalwarts such as...

Atlantis Foundries’ CEO outlines factors behind innovative PPA

“At the end of the day, we decided that we’re good at manufacturing castings, not creating electricity – that’s not our function. We’d rather buy it than manage it.” Pieter du Plessis, CEO, Atlantis Foundries South Africa’s automotive industry faces serious...

Servitisation can unlock capital and build food production resilience in ‘interesting times’

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...

Daimler’s Atlantis Foundries signs Western Cape’s largest embedded solar Power Purchase Agreement with Energy Partners

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,...

Energy Partners invests R360 million in Clover SA energy servitisation solution

South African dairy giant, Clover S.A., has unleashed the benefits of servitisation at its Queensburgh mega-factory, by means of a R360 million investment by energy solutions company, Energy Partners (EP).   As part of this industry-leading partnership, EP...

How to simplify your operations with a single contract

South Africa, and countries around the world are experiencing rapid increases in technical skills shortages. In many areas, this issue has deteriorated to the point where several industries (especially those in the engineering disciplines) have started to bring...

Is Going Off Grid SA’s biggest Energy Myth?

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 to...

Why Nersa’s Electricity Price Hike for Solar Users is Doomed from the Start

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...