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The Eskom System Operator has explained how solar power is impacting to load-shedding, and how quickly the current situation can change.

Eskom believes load-shedding will generally be contained to stage 2 when implemented this winter, with a worst-case scenario of stage 5.

One of South Africa’s biggest public electric vehicle charging station providers recorded a big jump in usage of its infrastructure in 2023.

We analysed Eskom’s planned outages, unplanned breakdowns, and energy availability factors over the last four years and compared them with 2024. Here is what the numbers reveal about the electricity minister’s claims of performance improvements.

Residential estates, complexes, and small towns in South Africa can join Eskom’s load curtailment programme and avoid load-shedding up to stage 4 — if they can keep their electricity consumption during the scheduled outages in check.

Nersa’s failure to abide by a High Court order in October 2022 means municipal customers might not get their regular electricity price hike from 1 July.

Lithium-ion batteries used in modern solar systems and electric vehicles can last over 15 years and still have plenty of use after consuming their rated life cycles, as long as they are treated according to their specifications.

If the South African government does not want to repeat the mistakes of the past, it must urgently end the current crisis by shifting decisively towards a renewable energy economy based on South Africa’s extraordinary wind and solar resources.

Rising electricity prices and unreliable power supply have created a new group of super-proactive, super-engaged electricity customers, including in South Africa.

We’ve assembled a list of portable power stations and inverter trolleys capable of powering the latest video game consoles and entry-level gaming PCs for at least two hours of load-shedding.