Category Archives: ESKOM

World Wide Utility Ownership

re posted from                         HUGO KRUGER SUBSTACK

World Wide Utility Ownership

There is no “best model”

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The New Cold War Plays Out in South Africa Over Electric Infrastructure

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The New Cold War Plays Out in South Africa Over Electric Infrastructure

How the Belt and Road Initiative Summit in China and Africa’s Energy Week Showcase a New Path Forward

Alex Dimitrios

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Fox Green
23 Oct 2023
The modern Cold War is not about
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South Africa’s First Mini Nuclear Reactor Planned for the Western Cape

This is the START OF AN ENERGY REVOLUTION for AFRICA

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South Africa’s first mini nuclear reactor planned for the Western Cape

The Western Cape could get South Africa’s first mini nuclear reactor as early as 2026, Sunday news Rapport reports.The … Read the rest

South Africa: Mantashe slams NGOs ‘weaponising climate change against development’

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Mantashe slams NGOs ‘weaponising climate change against development’

by Khulekani Magubane   17 October 2023

A small crowd of young people were seen outside the Cape Town International Convention Centre carrying signs reading 'we need oil and gas now'.

A small crowd of young people were seen outside the Cape Town International Convention Centre carrying signs reading ‘we need oil and gas now’. Image: Khulekani Magubane

Minister of mineral resources

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Notes on: Understanding Eskom with Jacob Maroga

Eskom’s former CEO, Jacob Maroga, private sector energy expert and regular contributor to public debate on South Africa`s energy situation in conversation with civil nuclear engineer, Hugo Kruger.  Jacob Maroga joined Eskom in 1995 in the distribution technology sector. His deployment was to lessen the cost of electricity connection to … Read the rest

How South Africa Should Select a Nuclear Power Plant

sound advice from internationally recognized civil nuclear engineer, Hügo Krüger

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How SA should select a nuclear power plant

In his address to the University of Witwatersrand’s Business School on August 17, 2023, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, reaffirmed that nuclear energy will be part of South Africa’s mixed energy strategy. File photo: ANA

In his address to the University of Witwatersrand’s Business School on August 17, 2023, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, reaffirmed that nuclear energy will be

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