Chris Yelland

Johannesburg

Managing Director, Editor, and Writer at EE Publishers

Energy analyst, consultant, electrical engineer, public speaker, writer and MD at EE Business Intelligence (Pty) Ltd.

Articles

Energy planning — understanding the Levelised Cost of Energy

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Chris Yelland

The Levelised Cost of Energy is the industry’s go-to benchmark for comparing the cost-effectiveness of different electricity generation technologies. The Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) represents the average cost to build and operate a power-generating facility over its lifetime, divided by the total energy it produces. Expressed in $/MWh or ZAR/MWh, it offers a standardised basis for comparing solar farms, wind turbines, battery storage facilities, gas-to-power plants and nuclear reactors.
South Africa stands at an inflection point

1 month ago | mybroadband.co.za | Chris Yelland

In an address that signalled a significant and welcome shift in tone and substance in South Africa’s energy discourse, Acting Director-General at the Ministry Energy & Electricity, Subesh Pillay, opened the EE Business Intelligence webinar on Wednesday 7 May 2025 with a call for structural transformation in the country’s electricity and energy planning regime.
Bold vision about South Africa’s energy future

1 month ago | dailyinvestor.com | Chris Yelland

In an address that signalled a significant and welcome shift in tone and substance in South Africa’s energy discourse, Acting Director-General at the Ministry Energy & Electricity, Subesh Pillay, opened the EE Business Intelligence webinar on Wednesday 7 May 2025 with a call for structural transformation in the country’s electricity and energy planning regime.
Recovery to resilience – acting electricity DG Pillay charts bold 2050 vision for SA

1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Chris Yelland

SA’S ENERGY FUTURE OP-ED Illustrative image | Sources: Workers carry a solar panel for installation.
Jan Reynders, a ‘towering’ figure in SA engineering, has died

1 month ago | speedinet.co.za | Sherrill Byrne |BYD Seal |Chris Yelland

Prof Jan Reynders, a past president of the SAIEE and a former Wits professor in engineering, has passed away at age 84.
Johannesburg faces renewed power cuts threat as Eskom debt dispute unresolved

2 months ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Chris Yelland

The long-standing dispute between Eskom and the City of Johannesburg over unpaid electricity bills has reignited, with Eskom threatening to resume power cuts due to non-payment of arrears. This development comes after months of stalled negotiations and a delayed independent report intended to resolve the metering and billing disagreements.
Chris Yelland | Joburg may face new threat of power cuts as Eskom dispute resurfaces

2 months ago | brnw.ch | Chris Yelland

After months of stalled negotiations with Johannesburg and a delayed independent report intended to resolve metering and billing disagreements, Chris Yelland reports that Eskom may be on the warpath again. For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page. The long-standing dispute between Eskom and the City of Johannesburg over unpaid electricity bills has reignited, with Eskom threatening to resume power cuts due to non-payment of arrears.
Warning over power cuts in Joburg

2 months ago | businesstech.co.za | Chris Yelland

The long-standing dispute between Eskom and the City of Johannesburg over unpaid electricity bills has reignited, with Eskom threatening to resume power cuts due to non-payment of arrears. This development comes after months of stalled negotiations and a delayed independent report intended to resolve the metering and billing disagreements.
Sasol unveils bridging plan to avert SA’s looming gas cliff

2 months ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Chris Yelland

Sasol has unveiled a potential interim gas strategy that could buy South Africa an additional 24 months to stave off the well-flagged ‘gas cliff’ threatening the country’s industrial users, as depleting gas reserves from Mozambique edge closer to exhaustion.
Good news about South Africa’s gas supply

2 months ago | dailyinvestor.com | Chris Yelland

Sasol has unveiled a potential interim gas strategy that could buy South Africa an additional 24 months to stave off the well-flagged “gas cliff” threatening the country’s industrial users, as depleting gas reserves from Mozambique edge closer to exhaustion. The supply of natural gas from Sasol’s Mozambican fields is projected to end by July 2028, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) import projects are still in early development stages.