Eskom has declared a power emergency, with the company saying that load shedding might take place if the need arises.

Eskom on Thursday declared an electricity emergency and asked its industrial customers to reduce their load by 10% as of this afternoon.

The Green Building Council of South Africa is the winner in the Community Category of this year's Eskom eta Awards for their Green Street initiative in Cato Manor, Durban.

The Department of Energy has introduced more measures that will incentivise companies to watch their electricity consumption.

Construction has begun on the R24-billion Savanna City lifestyle housing development situated near Orange Farm, 35km outside of Johannesburg.

City Power MD Sicelo Xulu brushes aside doubts that smart metering will solve Johannesburg’s problem of billing estimates, saying the utility will continue to invest in new technologies to reduce inefficiencies.

The South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) welcomes the approval by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) of the 8% annual increase for electricity. 

The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has granted power parastatal Eskom an 8% tariff increase over the course of the next five years of the Multi-Year Price Determination period 2013/14 to 2017/18 (MYPD3).

PROVIDER of energy-saving solutions to the market, Rawlyn LED Lights, has assisted voestalpine VAE SA to reduce its annual energy bill significantly

Cape Town renewable energy company Solar Capital won a R13 billion South African energy deal to supply the South African energy grid with electricity generated from a 75 megawatt photovoltaic solar farm being developed in the Northern Cape.