Sitemap - 2024 - Hügo’s Newsletter

Oneindig baie priemgetalle

Infinite Primes

Christmas Calculation - the beauty of Euler's Formula

Nuclear the "earthquake near vaalputs"

South Africa's Integrated Resources Plan 2023

Die Linguistiese Dekolonialiseringsproses

Did Eskom know about the fire risk at Kriel Power Station?

The Germans are smoking coal again

A (nuclear) escalation with Israel would be foolish for Iran

The cancellation of HS2’s northern leg – learning lessons

Ramaphosa's incompetent statecraft

BELA-wetgewing: Wat van die Gerwel Kommisie se Aanbevelings?

IRP2023: DMRE still hasn’t answered our questions

BELA Bill: Rather implement the findings of the Gerwel Commission

BELA Bill, GNU should rather implement the findings of the Gerwel Commission

Briekmerke OM DIE TAFEL met Oom Colyn Serfontein en Kernkrag

Die BELA Bill gaan konflikte veroorsaak

What is wrong with the BELA Bill?

Maak kernkrag “sexy”, sê minister

South African Nuclear Seminar 2024

Nuclear power and Russia’s strategy in the the East

From Settler Colonialism to a New Postcolonial Settlement

Sputla is right, rather do nuclear properly or don’t do it at all

Eskom producing "too much" electricity

The Nuclear Industry should educate the public about radiation hormesis

The impact of regulatory reform on Californian Solar

Did NERSA accidentally hurt the South African wind industry?

Court dismisses Eskom's bid to reserve grid capacity for renewable energy projects

Eskom's safety margin has been restored

The Olympics: The best hypocrisy that money can buy

The Cost of Koeberg's Life Extensions

Clean energy sources will set new records through 2025

Histoire du béton armé

Die regering se kernkragplanne

South African nuclear power plant wins approval for 20-year life extension

World Bank’s $1 billion loan to South Africa risks undermining just transition by doubling down on ‘de-risking’ private capital

Electricity Minister says that Work is at an advanced stage to procure 2,500 MW of nuclear energy

100 days without load shedding

Appeals Court rules against Gwede Mantashe and National Nuclear Regulator

Navigating South Africa's Political and Economic Changes

Nuclear Power: Interview on Ghanan Radio

Miljarde op die spel oor Suid-Afrikaanse steenkoolgebruik

Interview with Leaders on the Frontier

How well are the renewables doing?

Tshwane Intensifies efforts to revitalize coal power station

Will South Africa’s foreign policy survive under a DA-ANC coalition government

Trends from the SA elections

Who is funding South Africa's political parties?

Israel's imperfect options going forward

South Africa's Oil and Gas, with David Blackmon

Copenhagen Atomics, a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor startup in an unlikely location

Australia's Nuclear Ban

NERSA should not have the mandate to set nor structure electricity tariffs

South Africa's (lack of) progress in Numbers

Eskom hits 65% Energy Availability Factor

PDG TotalEnergie au senat

Die regering maak sy meesterplan vir gasenergie bekend

Paul Krüger se besoek aan Parys

Compared to War, how affordable is "civilian nuclear power"?

Keeping the Lights On

Is Chris Yelland’s scepticism of Stratek Global justified or cynical?

Propaganda, External Actors, and the South African Elections

Hydrogen or Synthetic Fossil Fuels?

Who is going to benefit from the 14 000 km long transmission lines?

Eskom: Possible future restructuring of tariffs explained

There is no free lunch in electricity

Rod Adams on the latest developments in Nuclear

Mandatory localisation, the ‘10% rule’,

Hoekom is daar ‘n geïntegreedehulpbronplan?

Comments to the IRP2023

Engineering Dissent: NECOM and the Multiple-Minister Dilemma is the Root Cause of Load Shedding

Eskom and the unbundeling process

Africa's Integrated High Speed Railway Network

Krüger blames politicians for Eskom's problems

What is the DA doing at a NATO CONFERENCE?

Understanding Power Sector Restructuring

Pretoria is pivoting back to energy realism with King Coal

VGBE and the way forward for Eskom?

VGBE en Eskom se dinge

Eskom VGBE Energy, and the UAE?

Duitse verslag wys Eskom struikel oor ‘n gerompslomp

Why SA procurement regulations spell a death sentence for Eskom generation in a liberalised electricity market

The most destructive policy in modern SAs history?

SA’s gas crisis

Interview PowerFM

When is Natural Gas expected to "peak"?

Ignoring risks and coal: IRP2023 echoes mistakes of 5 years ago

Mantashe se kakhuis

South Africa's Civilian Nuclear Infrastructure

Oil and Gas in South Africa and Namibia

Eskom's boiler tube failures

Onderhoud oor Eskom met Oom Colyn Serfontein

South Africa's railway infrastructure

SA must continue coal investment for 20 years: analysts

La Question du Charbon en Afrique du Sud dans un Contexte Mondial

Radiation Hormesis: In conversation with JermWarfare

ENGINEERING DISSENT: Embracing realism: South Africa's Coal Question, the Struggle for Power and Electricity

South Africa’s Coal Question

LUNGILE MASHELE: Lack of state capacity? It’s complicated

"Why Government Procurement Regulations Spell a Death Sentence for Eskom Generation in a Liberalized Electricity Market”

Interview on PowerFM

South Africa's Dinosaur Juice

Pretoria is going back to king coal

Support for Life Extension of Koeberg Power Station

Nuclear Safety: The LNT Folly

Is kernkrag skoon?

South Africa’s draft integrated resources plan 2023's “least cost” trickery

Lessons to be learned from Fukushima

Understanding the relative cost of electricity (RCOE)

The Impact of Reallocating Pentagon Funds from Nuclear Weapon Upgrades to Nuclear Reactors

Engineering Dissent: Unbundling - Are the Oligarchs Coming for Eskom?

The cost of Renewables vs Nuclear

Politics, Corruption, and the Future of Global Energy

Interview on Eskom

Is natural gas is coming to Richardsbay?

Interview with eNews

Government 'recklessly' privatising Eskom - Kruger

Geen einde in sig vir beurtkrag

There was never a Russia-South Africa Nuclear deal

Eskom se geabandoneerde steenkool kragstasies.

President Ramaphosa approves memorandum of agreement between Ramokgopa and Gordhan

Eskom's abandoned coal stations

Sunshine and Californication

Eskom needs a back up plan

Adventures in Japan: 12 and 13 January 2018 – Fukushima now – 7 years later