Solar powered water heaters on rooftops above shacks in the Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Installing enough solar panels and battery storage to see a household through a week without sunshine isn’t yet financially possible.
Electricity pylons at night in Johannesburg South Africa, the country’s economic hub.
Taken by Alistair Routledge for Getty Images
Economic and energy policymakers are responsible for increasing both demand for and supply of electricity. There must be a surplus of energy which will encourage economic growth.
South Africa’s energy sector is being guided by an outdated Integrated Resource Plan.
Charles HB Mercer via shutterstock
South Africa’s biggest successes in the last year in relation to energy have been in regulatory matters.
The solution to the country’s energy problems doesn’t belong to Eskom and the government alone.
shutterstock
Eskom’s CEO talks debt, power cuts and green energy.
Most proposed solutions don’t address the systemic problems facing Eskom, in particular its parlous finances.
Shutterstock
The deluge of opinions and proposed solutions to South Africa’s energy crisis reflects corporate and political interests.