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electricity
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Eskom Will Be Taking Even More Of Your Money Soon
22 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Having just come out of winter, and with a decreased summer load on the national grid, you would expect that a little relief would be in order from our nation’s energy supplier – not quite. After lukewarm showers, green swimming pools and rooms lit with a single lightbulb, we’ll be finding out this week if we’re in for another increase in the price of electricity.
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India Down For A Second Day Following Massive Blackouts
31 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The world’s second most populous country has had more than half of its territory left in darkness after a massive failure by three of its major power grids, one failing for the second time in as many days.
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World’s Most Powerful Dam Opens In China [PICS]
26 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just as it’s hitting its annual flood peak, China has officially launched the last 32 generators at the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, making it the most powerful hydropower station in the world. Earlier in the week, waterflow through the dame peaked at 70 000 cubic metres per second.
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Eskom Power Failures Peaking – And Winter’s Just Beginning
11 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Eskom’s electricity generating capacity has reached record lows over the last week, with unplanned power outages reaching their highest level for the year on 3 May, and yesterday coming precariously close to that figure again. Considering winter’s only just begun, this is going to cause some major worries across the country.
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SA’s Power Supply Is Shrinking – And We’re All Going To Feel The Pinch
08 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In case the message hasn’t already been made abundantly clear, South Africa needs to embrace new energy sources – and quickly. Eskom can’t foresee our (yes, it affects everyone) power supply problem improving for the next five years.
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