There’s no substitute for good planning. But planning alone without execution leads to disaster. We need to lay the foundations that’ll be needed to achieve our lofty goals. How will we attain our goals without electricity, roads, railways, water, functioning universities,

This is interesting and I will follow up to know what caused this. Something normally unheard of in Europe or developed countries.

If this is the cause, so much for weather dependent renewables! It’s always recommended to have a good generation mix & provide a fail safe possibility. This case speaks for itself loudly.

The Engineers in Spain communicated the blackout risks in February already. Redeia, which owns Red Electrica, warned in February in its annual report that it faced a risk of "disconnections due to the high penetration of renewables without the technical capacities necessary for

Interesting & progressive how SA has an agenda to localize manufacturing. It pains me the way we’re exporting lithium in its primary form. Review of 82 tariff codes for solar, wind and battery inputs could have far-reaching implications m.engineeringnews.co.za/article/review…

An interesting perspective. Shows someone is thinking. We have to defend coal.

Lost the plot completely! It’s embarrassing to try to deny what we all know & continue to feel. It gives us an idea of the misleading content of reports that are sent to the President - no wonder the mess?

Interesting facts about renewables. It’s not practical to have an all renewable power system. As we add renewable sources on our system, we should take variability into account. Whatever we have as renewable should have a backup. That necessary “redundancy”costs money.

Taking heed of these lessons.

Indonesia plans to add 20GW of ‘captive coal’ generation in the next seven years. Why? Indonesia intends to become a big player in the manufacturing of EV batteries by beneficiation of their nickel and cobalt. They are building dedicated coal plants for these smelters. Can’t do

Reality is setting in nicely. God gave us an abundance of coal for a reason, I want to believe.

The supply of power to energy-hungry AI Data Centres is the hottest topic in the Global Energy Sector today. Data Centres demand base-load supply, but clean sources are mostly intermittent - EDF CEO, Luc Remont at the ⁦International Energy Agency⁩ AI Conference on solutions

These dads are precious people. I’m glad I’d one like that & I, together with my four brothers, have lived to be like that, for our children. Thank you God.🙏🏽

Very sad I’ve lost a friend, Eng Max Dhliwayo, who passed on this afternoon in London. Max was the first black Chief engineer of NRZ, & was part of the management team headed by Eng Alvord Mabhena. He was such an amazing person & entrepreneur. My prayers are with Joyce, the

Renewables yes; phase out coal - NO.

Here’s some wisdom. A very insightful & true observation recognized also by Wall Street.

The problem is most engineers don’t want to be involved in politics.😂 But here you are!

Notwithstanding my ZAPU/ZIPRA background, this was my man. He was very clear about the struggle & its goals & could put it all in very simple language that everybody could understand.

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Fantastic additions done this summer. Let’s go boys!!