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Realities of modern energy planning
By: Saliem Fakir 3rd June 2016 Energy technologies involve two realities that influence the way we do our planning: certainty and uncertainty. There is certainty in tried and... →
SA: Lynne Brown: Address by Minister of Public Enterprises, during the budget vote speech, Parliament (14/05/2015)
15th May 2015 The Department of Public Enterprises is somewhat unusual. It does not deliver services directly to citizens or private companies. However, its... →
Power problems offering platinum huge demand opportunity 
By: Martin Creamer 2nd April 2015 The electricity crisis is offering South Africa’s demand-hungry platinum mining companies a major opportunity to stimulate the offtake of platinum.... →
Sibanye eyes R3bn, 150 MW solar power station
By: Natasha Odendaal 19th February 2015 Gold miner Sibanye Gold plans to build a R3-billion, 150 MW solar power plant to ease its reliance on the costly and unreliable electricity supply... →
The future of central grids
By: Saliem Fakir 4th October 2013 Is it possible that we can have a new world in which the central grid is outdated and a more diffused and dispersed system takes its place? Is this... →
Coal 3: The Choke Point in South Africa's Energy System
By: Saliem Fakir 3rd October 2013 You would think we would’ve learnt a lesson or two from total dependence on coal. Ninety percent of South Africa’s electricity comes from coal in... →
