Home solar is still South Africa's most reasonable short-term solution to the growing energy crisis, notes solar expert Rein Snoeck Henkemans. Of the five key interventions outlined by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his 2023 State of the Nation Address (SONA), home and business solar generation is the only immediately available, feasible, and inexpensive option relative to … [Read more...]
South Africans need to cut power ties with Eskom
With 673 hours of darkness in the first six months of 2022 so far alone, this year looks set to overtake 2021’s record amount of load shedding, while energy experts have raised the spectre of unprecedented stage 8 blackouts. And as winter cold sets in and heaters turn up, Eskom has warned of constraints on the national grid and just announced the restart of load … [Read more...]
Cutting ties with fossil fuels critical to SA’s future
Amidst blackouts, rampant electricity tariff hikes, and the mounting economic costs of air pollution, South Africa urgently needs to begin cutting its ties with fossil fuels and speed the transition to renewable energy to secure a better future for the country, says Alumo Energy Managing Director Rein Snoeck Henkemans. “Despite President Ramaphosa’s commitment to new energy … [Read more...]
