Author:Bischof-Niemz, STDate:Oct 2015South Africa’s power system is currently under severe constraints with load shedding that occurred during 82 days in the first half of 2015. The Department of Energy is procuring new generation capacity and has already allocated a total of ...Read more
Author:Bischof-Niemz, T; Roro, Kittessa TDate:Sep 2015The South African power system is currently under severe constraints. Controlled load shedding occurred several times in 2014. Diesel-fired gas turbines, which are meant to be the barely-ever-used “safety-net” of the power system, ran at more ...Read more
Author:Pierce, Warrick T; Ferreira, Bianca ADate:Apr 2022Summary of 2021 statistics: Coal still dominates and provides about 80% of electricity generated, record high diesel usage, and renewables (excluding hydro) accounted for 6.7%.Read more