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[edit] UPDATE 1-World Bank agrees to lend Eskom up to $5 bln - Reuters ...

4 December 2008, by unknown UPDATE 1-World Bank agrees to lend Eskom up to bln. Reuters - 2 hours ago. Cape Town, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The World Bank has agreed in principle to lend South African state power utility Eskom [ESCJ.UL] up to billion over five … ...

[edit] Fin24.com>>Companies>>World Bank will lend Eskom $5bn

4 December 2008, by unknown Fin24.com – South Africa’s biggest source of financial, business and economic information.

[edit] UPDATE 1-SAfrica in talks with W. Bank over $5 bln Eskom loan ...

4 December 2008, by unknown UPDATE 1-SAfrica in talks with W. Bank over bln Eskom loan. Reuters - 23 hours ago. Cape Town, Dec 3 (Reuters) - South Africa is in talks with the World Bank over a loan of up to billion for the state-owned power utility Eskom's [ESCJ. ...

[edit] Power production ticks up - iAfrica.com

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[edit] RPT-Exxaro to review all capex except for Medupi -CEO - Reuters

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[edit] UPDATE 1-World Bank agrees to lend Eskom up to $5 bln - Reuters

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[edit] Eskom’s credit rating depends on nature of Treasury guarantees ... - Creamer Media's Engineering News

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[edit] CIC Energy targets mid-2009 financial close for $3bn Mmamabula - Creamer Media's Engineering News

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[edit] CIC says Mmamabula project can produce 6000MW - Reuters South Africa

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[edit] Analyses - Barclays Capital: South Africa Morning Sheet - Bolsamania.fr

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[edit] Rand steady, eyes ECB, BoE - The Times

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[edit] Eskom offered $6.5bn in loans | My Cape Town

3 December 2008, by unknown Eskom offered $6.5bn in loans. By Cape Town News Reader | December 3, 2008. Government is looking for "legal ways" to speed up huge loans that have been secured to finance Eskom’s infrastructure plans. Go to: Eskom offered .5bn in loans ...

[edit] South Africa: Eskom plant back in service « Palapye.com News Blog

3 December 2008, by unknown Eskom spokesperson Fani Zulu said that Koeberg coming back online had improved the power situation in South Africa. “The reserve situation has improved, but we’re still vulnerable. The underlying vulnerability is [continue reading] ...

[edit] UPDATE 1-SAfrica in talks with W. Bank over $5 bln Eskom loan - Reuters

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[edit] The Citizen: Eskom plant back in service

3 December 2008, by unknown JOHANNESBURG - The Koeberg power plant will be operating at full capacity following repairs completed on Wednesday, said Eskom. - The Citizen Newspaper, South Africa.

[edit] Eskom plant back in service

3 December 2008, by "The reserve situation has improved, but we're still vulnerable," says Eskom.

[edit] Minister warns of power cuts

3 December 2008, by Yesterday the minister warned that Eskom was going into it’s summer repairs and maintenance phase and warned that there was a possibility of further electricity cuts. The indication is that they have last years experiences of unscheduled blackouts to learn from and make attempts not to have a repeat. Last night on 567 Cape Talk I listened with interest to well known economist Chris Hart saying that The infrastructure, electrical, rods and water, which were essentially built to service a popul

[edit] Mbete calls for electricity saving

3 December 2008, by The deputy president has urged all South Africans to embark on saving electricity ahead of Eskom's maintenance period next month.

[edit] The genocide continues - More farm attacks

3 December 2008, by The country and government might have all the promises to solve crime but so they had for the past 10 years, I cant really say 14 years because crime only really started when the ANC came in power. ... I am not amused or shocked to see that the emigration statistics are almost doubling and that soon there will be almost no one with skills in this country to fix things.

[edit] Eskom applies for new Limpopo pumped-storage scheme licence - Creamer Media's Engineering News

1 December 2008, by

[edit] Electricity Emergency Response Plan - South African Industry’s Contribution

30 November 2008, by A previous post, Rolling Blackouts to Benefit South Africa, hypothesised that the strong reaction to the rolling blackouts Eskom was forced to implement has resulted in urgent action which will in the medium term ensure South Africa has the energy systems it needs for its long term development. In 2004 the three major users of electricity in South Africa were Industry (64.6%), Residential (17.4%) and Commerce (12.0%). It was therefore logical that once Eskom, with the “urging” of Government, f

[edit] www.miningmx.com | energy Eskom stalling may harm nuclear ambitions

28 November 2008, by unknown Power utility Eskom needs to choose a winning consortium by the end of the year if SA is to have its next nuclear power station ready for use during 2016.

[edit] South Africa: Regulator Will Need Wisdom of Solomon

27 November 2008, by WITHOUT Eskom's application for a huge increase earlier this year, it is doubtful if the government would have moved as swiftly as it has done to come up with its electricity pricing policy.

[edit] ‘Repairs at Koeberg unit to take days’

26 November 2008, by Koeberg's Unit 2 should be back on line by the end of the week and not in two weeks as initially estimated. On Friday afternoon, Eskom began a controlled shutdown of the unit following a technical fault that required all the systems to be cold before repairs could begin, Eskom spokesperson Tony Stott said. He said the problem was in the container of the unit. "We had to shut down the reactor to repair that particular item," Stott said. The unit reached "cold condition" on Sunday afte

[edit] Another unidentified â??technical faultâ? puts Koeberg-2 PWR offlineâ?Śagain

26 November 2008, by Eskom took the 900-MW Koeberg-2 PWR offline November 21 for repair of another unidentified "technical fault" the South African utility said was expected to take about two weeks.    "The shutdown of unit 2 increases the vulnerability of the Eskom power system, particularly as Eskom has entered into a maintenance period of its fleet of power stations," Eskom said in a statement quoted by news services but unavailable on the utility's web site by press time November 21.   The two Koeberg PWRs

[edit] Eskom says Areva, Westinghouse could build new nuclear power station

26 November 2008, by unknown State power utility Eskom has identified the world’s biggest nuclear power firm, Areva, and US-based Westinghouse as the vendors to build South Africa’s first new nuclear power station in more than 20 years, and construction could start ...

[edit] Legitimacy of farming project questioned

24 November 2008, by Controversy surrounds a failed Zululand agricultural project into which the government and Eskom have poured millions of rands.

[edit] Eskom shuts Koeberg unit 2 after technical fault

24 November 2008, by Creamer Media Reporter State power provider Eskom initiated a controlled shutdown of unit 2 at the Koeberg nuclear power station, in the Western Cape, on Friday after a technical fault. The shutdown, which was necessary to complete repairs, is expected to ...

[edit] Eskom shuts down Koeberg unit: South Africa: News: News24

22 November 2008, by unknown News24: South Africa: News: Eskom shuts down Koeberg unit: Eskom has shut down one of its units at the Koeberg Power Station in the Western Cape, the company says.

[edit] Eskom Shuts Down Koeberg Nuclear Unit After Technical Fault

22 November 2008, by Please read article, cited after the quote. Articles open in a new window. Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — Eskom Holdings Ltd., South Africa’s state-owned power utility, shut down one of its two units at the Koeberg nuclear plant because of a technical fault. Repairs to the unit will take two weeks to complete, the Johannesburg-based company said in an e-mailed statement today. The shutdown “increases the vulnerability” of Eskom’s power system because the utility has also begun its maintenance period

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22 November 2008, by brendah Eskom site for education. Material suitable for Primary Grades.

[edit] Eskom shuts down Koeberg unit

22 November 2008, by "It will take two weeks to effect the necessary repairs," said the national power utility.

[edit] Eskom shuts Koeberg unit 2 after technical fault

21 November 2008, by Source: http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=148159

[edit] Underground coal gasification is cheaper then natural gas

21 November 2008, by In demonstrating the economic benefits of UCG, South African utility Eskom, successfully produced gas at a significantly reduced cost of $1 per million BTU's at its Majuba operation, using Ergo Exergy's technology.

[edit] IDC sticks to R60bn approval target, but shifts attention from resources to energy

21 November 2008, by South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has decided not to pull back from its stated goal of approving at least R60-billion worth of new investments over the next five years to 2012/13, despite an increasingly violent global financial storm that will lead to recession in a number of key economies. Speaking during an exclusive interview conducted at the development finance institution’s (DFI’s) Sandton offices, CEO Geoffrey Qhena told Engineering News Online he felt

[edit] Is Dit Net Ek Of Is Als Tos?

21 November 2008, by Is Dit Net Ek Of Is Als Tos? November 21st, 2008 by Tim Is Dit Net Ek Of Is Als Tos? is the Afrikaans take on the best-selling Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Kak? Which is to say… …dit kla oor allerlei goed wat gewone Suid-Afrikaners ’n akute pyn in die agterstewe gee. Alhoewel die Afrikaanse titel losweg gebaseer is op die suksesvolle Engelse weergawe is, die onderwerpe, humor en styl doelbewus aangepas vir die Afrikaanse leser.

[edit] Assessors to bill Eskom for millions

21 November 2008, by The environmental impact assessment for Eskom's proposed "Nuclear-1" power plant is expected to cost around R18-million.

[edit] Infrastructure focus must shift from supply threats to demand-side stimulus

20 November 2008, by The threat posed to South Africa’s R600-billion infrastructure programme from construction-material shortages had all but vanished along with slowing demand and prices, the head of the Infrastructure Inputs Monitoring Project Dr Seeraj Mohammed confirmed on Thursday. He, therefore, urged government to turn its attention to projects that had the potential to endure beyond 2010, especially those associated with the poorly capitalised and under-resourced affordable housing programme, as part of a

[edit] Securing the Bomb 2008

20 November 2008, by From the global Nuclear Threat Initiative. Please note the international concern of the "military-styled" attack on Pelindaba’s ops room last November, yet few answers have been forthcoming in SA. Furthermore, no two figures on how much HEU there is at Pelindaba seem to correlate. It poses a deadly threat to this country.November 19, 2008 We are pleased to alert you to this week's public release of Securing the Bomb 2008. The report, commissioned annually by NTI, finds that the world still face

[edit] How to profit from Eskom's mismanagement

20 November 2008, by javzze How to profit from Eskom’s mismanagement

[edit] Eskom to review tariff hike

20 November 2008, by The national power utility will review its plan to raise tariffs on electrcity.

[edit] Crisis forces Eskom to review tariff hike

20 November 2008, by South Africa's national power utility will review its plan to raise tariffs on electrcity.

[edit] Book Launch: Do it! by James Motlatsi and Bobby Godsell

20 November 2008, by Book Launch: Do it! by James Motlatsi and Bobby Godsell November 20th, 2008 by Emily Jacana Media is pleased to invite you to the launch of a book that looks into our homes, our schools, our workplaces, our communities - and in the public marketplace of ideas - to extract and propose practical ways in which we can become active citizens, taking responsibility for change, and intervening where government has either chosen not to, or where it has not succeeded: Do it! by James Motlatsi and Bobby

[edit] GE installs 280 MW plant at Sasol facility

20 November 2008, by General Electric Co (GE) has installed a new 280 MW power plant at Sasol's Secunda coal-to-fuels facility in South Africa, which could help ease the country's energy crisis, it said on Wednesday. The plant is the first such installation in South Africa of GE Energy's gas turbines, and will provide power for the production of Sasol's synthetic fuels, with excess electricity sold to Eskom, the State-owned power utility. "The new Secunda plant will enable Sasol to increase its on-site power gene

[edit] Mozambique to build new 680 MW power station

19 November 2008, by Mozambique's utility, EDM, plans to build a new 680 MW thermal power plant in the southern Maputo province to help cut energy crisis in South Africa ahead of the World Cup in 2010, it said on Monday. EDM said the cost of the Moamba project, to be located near the capital and estimated at $1,3-billion, would be borne by EDM in partnership with Mozambican group Intelec Holdings and South Africa's Sasol. "The costs will be borne by EDM, the Mozambican holding company Intelec, and the South Afric

[edit] Are we good enough for 2010?

18 November 2008, by OF COURSE, this question has been asked hundreds, if not thousands, of times. It’s been asked about our national soccer team Bafana Bafana and the answer is clearly “No!” It’s been asked of our stadiums and the answer seems to “Yes, if …”. It’s been asked of our transport “systems”, and the answer is “Possibly”. It’s [...]

[edit] SA mulls buying electricity from Moz

18 November 2008, by Power-starved SA's state utility Eskom is reportedly in need of help...

[edit] Auto History, Platinum and South Africa’s Electrical Grid

17 November 2008, by From the Washington Post obituaries today: ”Carl Keith; Created Catalytic Converter“: Carl D. Keith, 88, who as a principal inventor of the three-way catalytic converter made major contributions to automotive progress, clean air and human health, died Nov. 9 at a hospital in New Bern, N.C. … Based on chemistry, physics and engineering ingenuity, the three-way catalytic converter scrubbed three noxious gases from automobile exhaust. It curbed smog and eliminated some of the most damaging side e

[edit] Loadshedding Returning Soon?

17 November 2008, by We received a notification that Eskom’s static schedules were updated on 10 November (previously updated 29 April 2008), and their dynamic schedules have also been updated [example] into next year. Some schedules are even updated until the end of July. And with articles appearing at the end of October, we wonder if something is brewing at Eskom…feels very familiar to the beginning of 2008.  We’re in the process of updating MyEnergy’s schedules just in case. Keep checking the site for updates

[edit] Eskom’s new station set for 2017.

17 November 2008, by We all know how frustrating load shedding can be and are all eagerly anticipating a permanent solution to the problem.Well, Eskom is planning on having a nuclear facility capable of producing 3500MW of electricity completed by 2017. That seems like a step in the right direction and Eskom has also stated it is debating whether or not to enter into a power buying deal with EDM, a Mozambican power company.2017 does seem a long way away when we are faced with rolling blackouts on a regular basis a