Mobile operator Vodacom has developed and signed a new ‘virtual wheeling’ agreement with Eskom as its load shedding costs continue to mount.
Network operator Vodacom has signed a ‘first of its kind’ virtual wheeling agreement with Eskom, which it says will help efforts to resolve the country’s ongoing energy crisis.
“It also provides a blueprint for other South African corporates to adopt, as we pool our collective resources with the common objective of bringing an end to load shedding. The virtual wheeling solution has the potential to be fast-tracked, depending on the available licensed capacity of IPPs.”it has spent more than R4 billionR300 million of which was spent in the past financial year alone on operational costs such as diesel for generators.
While the concept of traditional wheeling is fairly common practice globally, it has certain limitations for companies with complex operating environments. “Converting our existing fossil-fuel-based electricity supplies directly with on-site renewables is limited by technical constraints that are difficult to scale. We explored a traditional wheeling option, but this had numerous limitations, which we believed could be overcome by reimagining the problem and using technology to solve the issue,” said Joosub.
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