South African businesses and households have experienced some form of load shedding every working day, and as a result, on February 09 2023, the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster to respond to the electricity crisis in his State of Nation Address. Thi...
In countries where the national utility grid is however well transmitted geographically, but at times unreliable, customers connected to it may want to consider a solution that will ensure reliable electricity supply during the intermittent grid supply periods. South Africa i...
solar systems,currently adding 10MW monthly.According to CEO Andrew Middleton,a trained actuary and former investment banker,Gosolr's target is to inject 500MW into the grid within three years,which would remove half a stage of power cuts,or load shedding,imposed by the state-owned utility ...
South Africa indicated an intention to follow such anapproach in 1998. But it has never acted on this policy. Instead, it has kept alive an increasingly inefficient and dysfunctional state-owned utility. As a result, the country has a shortage of generation capacity, a shortage of connection a...
It is estimated that load shedding could have cost South Africa as much as R338 billion over the past ten years, according to a report from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). This includes loss of production, where most businesses use electricity for machinery, technology...
In mid-September 2021, Zimbabwe’s power utility company imposed further load shedding schedules lasting up to 12 hours. The Zimbabwe Electricity...read more Algarve Engineered Excellence All Year-Round Solar Swimming Pool Heating The Algarve region in Portugal is a paradise for those who relish en...
Cooperation of this sort has been attempted in our region before with theBali Process, which focused on cross-border people smuggling and trafficking. But this agreement had an adverse effect by criminalising the movement of people across borders to seek asylum. ...
The Cybercrimes Act No.19 of 2020 is a comprehensive legislative response to the evolving landscape of cyberthreats in South Africa. Its effectiveness, however, relies on enforcement, which relies on implementation, international cooperation, and collaboration between the public and private sectors. Re...
load shedding, rolling black-outs, and power-cuts across all South African borders. Telecom Service Providers have also reported a 40% jump in data usage (https://reut.rs/2Ti0e7D),and with no signs of this upsurge subsiding, mecha...
research directions and related issues to be considered in future microgrid scheduling studies are also presented. Keywords: smart grid;energy storage system;campus microgrid;distributed generation;distributed energy resources;demand-side management