TechCentral https://techcentral.co.za Technology News Leader In South Africa Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:22:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 TechCentral Technology News Leader In South Africa false Big slowdown in solar installations in South Africa https://techcentral.co.za/solar-installations-in-south-africa/246316/ https://techcentral.co.za/solar-installations-in-south-africa/246316/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:22:03 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=246316 https://techcentral.co.za/solar-installations-in-south-africa/246316/feed/ 1 Some Eskom power stations will not be shut down as planned https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-power-stations-shut-down-planned/245076/ https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-power-stations-shut-down-planned/245076/#comments Wed, 22 May 2024 06:05:35 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=245076 https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-power-stations-shut-down-planned/245076/feed/ 1 Scepticism abounds as load shedding reprieve continues https://techcentral.co.za/scepticism-load-shedding-reprieve-eskom/244060/ https://techcentral.co.za/scepticism-load-shedding-reprieve-eskom/244060/#respond Fri, 03 May 2024 10:15:23 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=244060 https://techcentral.co.za/scepticism-load-shedding-reprieve-eskom/244060/feed/ 0 Eskom mulls private funding for R395-billion grid upgrade https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-private-funding-grid-upgrade/242855/ https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-private-funding-grid-upgrade/242855/#respond Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:02:38 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=242855 https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-private-funding-grid-upgrade/242855/feed/ 0 South Africa’s next big energy challenge: a R390-billion grid upgrade https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-r390-billion-grid-upgrade/241477/ https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-r390-billion-grid-upgrade/241477/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:30:25 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=241477 https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-r390-billion-grid-upgrade/241477/feed/ 0 Work begins on South Africa’s biggest wind farm https://techcentral.co.za/south-africas-biggest-wind-farm-seriti/239166/ https://techcentral.co.za/south-africas-biggest-wind-farm-seriti/239166/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:44:55 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=239166 https://techcentral.co.za/south-africas-biggest-wind-farm-seriti/239166/feed/ 2 South Africa energy plan published – more than 100GW of new capacity by 2050 https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-energy-plan-100gw-2050/237433/ https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-energy-plan-100gw-2050/237433/#respond Fri, 05 Jan 2024 05:22:27 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=237433 https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-energy-plan-100gw-2050/237433/feed/ 0 Crime costing South Africa 10% of GDP every year: World Bank https://techcentral.co.za/crime-costing-south-africa-10-gdp-year/235684/ https://techcentral.co.za/crime-costing-south-africa-10-gdp-year/235684/#respond Wed, 22 Nov 2023 06:44:57 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=235684 https://techcentral.co.za/crime-costing-south-africa-10-gdp-year/235684/feed/ 0 BMW, Sasol to develop South Africa’s fuel-cell car ecosystem https://techcentral.co.za/bmw-sasol-south-africa-fuel-cell-car/233440/ https://techcentral.co.za/bmw-sasol-south-africa-fuel-cell-car/233440/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2023 05:30:29 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=233440 https://techcentral.co.za/bmw-sasol-south-africa-fuel-cell-car/233440/feed/ 0 Eskom devouring diesel at an accelerating rate https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-devouring-diesel-accelerating-rate/231494/ https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-devouring-diesel-accelerating-rate/231494/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:10:04 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=231494 https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-devouring-diesel-accelerating-rate/231494/feed/ 4 Jan Oberholzer, ex-Eskom COO, moves from coal to renewables https://techcentral.co.za/jan-oberholzer-eskom-coo-mulilo/231107/ https://techcentral.co.za/jan-oberholzer-eskom-coo-mulilo/231107/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 05:31:17 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=231107 https://techcentral.co.za/jan-oberholzer-eskom-coo-mulilo/231107/feed/ 0 South Africa’s electricity ‘albatross’ https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-electricity-albatross/230568/ https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-electricity-albatross/230568/#respond Sun, 27 Aug 2023 14:42:54 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=230568 https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-electricity-albatross/230568/feed/ 0 Joburg assesses bids for private energy supply https://techcentral.co.za/joburg-assesses-bids-for-private-energy/230484/ https://techcentral.co.za/joburg-assesses-bids-for-private-energy/230484/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:57:18 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=230484 https://techcentral.co.za/joburg-assesses-bids-for-private-energy/230484/feed/ 0 Legal battle over Eskom’s grid connection rules https://techcentral.co.za/legal-battle-over-eskoms-grid-connection-rules/228719/ https://techcentral.co.za/legal-battle-over-eskoms-grid-connection-rules/228719/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:32:12 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=228719 https://techcentral.co.za/legal-battle-over-eskoms-grid-connection-rules/228719/feed/ 0 Eskom burned R21-billion of diesel in 12 months https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-burned-r21-billion-of-diesel-in-12-months/226348/ https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-burned-r21-billion-of-diesel-in-12-months/226348/#comments Wed, 31 May 2023 11:57:18 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=226348 https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-burned-r21-billion-of-diesel-in-12-months/226348/feed/ 1 Solar boom in Cape Town https://techcentral.co.za/solar-boom-in-cape-town/226298/ https://techcentral.co.za/solar-boom-in-cape-town/226298/#comments Tue, 30 May 2023 06:00:23 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=226298 https://techcentral.co.za/solar-boom-in-cape-town/226298/feed/ 1 Gordhan undermined Eskom management: De Ruyter https://techcentral.co.za/gordhan-undermined-eskom-management-de-ruyter/225577/ https://techcentral.co.za/gordhan-undermined-eskom-management-de-ruyter/225577/#respond Mon, 15 May 2023 06:01:21 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=225577 https://techcentral.co.za/gordhan-undermined-eskom-management-de-ruyter/225577/feed/ 0 Eskom corruption is killing South Africa https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-corruption-is-killing-south-africa/225317/ https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-corruption-is-killing-south-africa/225317/#comments Mon, 08 May 2023 17:00:47 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=225317 https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-corruption-is-killing-south-africa/225317/feed/ 7 Fury as Eskom escapes scrutiny over dodgy spending https://techcentral.co.za/fury-as-eskom-escapes-scrutiny-over-dodgy-spending/224088/ https://techcentral.co.za/fury-as-eskom-escapes-scrutiny-over-dodgy-spending/224088/#respond Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:25:06 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=224088 https://techcentral.co.za/fury-as-eskom-escapes-scrutiny-over-dodgy-spending/224088/feed/ 0 Cabinet approves bill to open South Africa’s electricity market https://techcentral.co.za/cabinet-approves-bill-to-open-south-africas-electricity-market/223905/ https://techcentral.co.za/cabinet-approves-bill-to-open-south-africas-electricity-market/223905/#respond Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:58:47 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=223905 https://techcentral.co.za/cabinet-approves-bill-to-open-south-africas-electricity-market/223905/feed/ 0