{"id":114327,"date":"2023-05-19T07:52:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T04:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/energy-firm-warns-s-africa-to-brace-for-difficult-winter\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T07:52:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T04:52:59","slug":"energy-firm-warns-s-africa-to-brace-for-difficult-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/energy-firm-warns-s-africa-to-brace-for-difficult-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy firm warns S.Africa to brace for \u2018difficult winter\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114327\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nSouth Africa\u2019s struggling state-owned power firm Eskom on Thursday forecast a difficult winter with demand set to rise in the continent\u2019s most industrialised but energy-starved country. Eskom warned that it may ramp up crippling power outages to prevent a national grid collapse as winter arrives in the coming weeks. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a difficult winter,\u201d Calib Cassim, the company\u2019s interim CEO told a news briefing in Johannesburg. But a total \u201cblackout is unlikely,\u201d he said, allaying fears of South Africans as the southern hemisphere winter, which starts in June, sends energy demand soaring.<\/p>\n<p>Winter demand for power is expected to surge to around 33,000 megawatts but Eskom is only able to produce 26,000 megawatts out of its installed capacity of 47,500 megawatts. Already the country is going into winter with a shortfall of some 3,000 megawatts compared to last year as its Koeberg nuclear power station is undergoing an overhaul. One of the country\u2019s newest coal-powered stations Kusile, has suffered major breakdowns. \u201cIn terms of capacity that\u2019s available, we are starting on the back foot with 3,080 megawatts less,\u201d said Segomoco Scheppers, who is the Eskom executive responsible for transmission. \u201cThis is going to be a very, very tight winter in terms of supply and demand,\u201d said Scheppers, adding \u201cthe scenarios of the winter outlook indicate loadshedding could intensify\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Loadshedding refers to scheduled power cuts imposed on rotational basis across parts of the country in order to avoid a total blackout. This is how Eskom balances supply with demand, and people have been forced to endure blackouts of up to 12 hours a day. Blackouts could last even longer if planned repair works are not effective. South Africa\u2019s power crisis has deepened over the past year. The shortages are blamed on insufficient investments in the country\u2019s ageing or poorly designed coal-fired power plants, corruption, crime and sabotage.<\/p>\n<p>Source: DJ<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/business\/energy-firm-warns-s-africa-to-brace-for-difficult-winter\/article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/107257\/\">Energy firm warns S.Africa to brace for \u2018difficult winter\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[10021,482,575,1012,1832],"class_list":["post-114327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-difficult-winter","tag-energy","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-firm","tag-south-africa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}