South Africa's Power Crises: Understanding Causes and Assessing Prospects

University of Cape Town

Energy Research Centre

Seminar Series

Anton Eberhard

Management Programme in Infrastructure reform and Regulation, UCT GSB

and

Phillip Lloyd

Energy Research Centre, UCT

Will be debating

South Africa's Power Crises: Understanding Causes and Assessing Prospects

Chaired by

Kevin Bennet

Energy Research Centre, UCT

This Thursday – 7^th February, 1-2pm

In the Level 2 Seminar Room, Chemical Engineering Building, Upper Campus, UCT

(same level as reception)

Power crisis may shift Eskom to renewable energy sources

It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

Business Day - News Worth Knowing:

ESKOM’s scramble to mitigate an electricity crisis of gargantuan proportions is likely to accelerate the diversification of the power utility’s energy mix and its move towards renewable energy sources.

With the commissioning of additional coal-fired and nuclear plants several years away before they will bring relief to SA’s overburdened power system, Eskom is turning to alternatives to bring more power in faster.