Eskom

ESKOM announced the launch of three programmes this week to procure power for the national grid.

The announcement comes as the country grapples with continuing blackouts, some for several hours a day.

Eskom said initially the programmes would focus on generators capable of supplying more than one megawatt to the grid. Over time the threshold would be lowered to enable smaller producers to participate.

Eskom’s Sikonathi Mantshantsha said the aim was to sign the first power supply agreement this week. | IOL