South Africa’s first virtual renewable electricity transfer model to go live next year
SOUTH Africa's first virtual electricity transfer model is likely to go live by the end of next year, a top government official said, a move that could rapidly ramp up renewable power consumption and reduce the burden on ailing state utility Eskom. Eskom's ageing plants and struggling transmission grid have forced it to implement record daily power cuts since last year - sometimes for up to 10 hours a day - to prevent a grid collapse. The utility in August signed an agreement with Vodacom, the African telecoms arm of Vodafone, to introduce an electricity transfer model known as virtual…