Jacob Maroga
@jacob_maroga
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Former CEO of Eskom. BSc(Eng) (Wits), Advanced Management Program(Harvard Business School), Leadership |Energy|Infrastructure| Property Management
Johannesburg
Joined April 2013
China is run by Engineers. The US is run by lawyers. Sounds familiar.
In his new book, Dan Wang argues that where China is run by engineers, the US is run by lawyers. That makes the former good at building and the latter good at making rules.
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RT @haugejostein: I just finished reading "Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future" by Dan Wang. Here are my thoughts about it. If….
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China works because it’s an Engineering State.
From Dan Wang’s new book. Interesting thesis. Engineers do tend to think in terms of solving problems. Lawyers profit when there are unsolvable problems. 🇨🇳
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There is no evidence in the world that Power Sector Reforms result in cheap and reliable electricity. The evidence from Europe shows that Reforms has been a scheme of massive wealth transfer from consumers & taxpayers to energy producers through high prices & subsidies.
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RT @Princymthombeni: India understands that wind & solar alone can’t power a growing economy. The message is clear: “We’re going green, bu….
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Alternative Headline: Eskom has used all the capacity it has to ensure adequate supply.
Eskom has so far succeeded in meeting power demand for the winter period, but it has leaned heavily on diesel generators to do so and spent more than half its annual fuel budget in little more than four months.
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RT @Eskom_SA: #POWERUPDATE 1. Power system remains stable with over half of the coal-fired power stations performing at an EAF of 70% and a….
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“#Eskom generation fleet is showing on-going solid momentum, with eight of the fourteen power stations now operating at Energy Availability Factors (EAF) of 70% and higher, including one performing at 91.1%.” -28 July 2025.
Columnist Peter Bruce tells @MphoKSithole that the government cannot stop the decline of energy availability at Eskom, adding that the current units are getting older and less efficient. Watch: #Newzroom405
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RT @Kgosientsho_R: 1/2 Congratulations to ESKOM for making strides in the resolution of load-shedding. Eight of the fourteen power stations….
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RT @Eskom_SA: #PowerUpdate.Tuesday, 29 July 2025:. #Eskom generation fleet is showing on-going solid momentum, with eight of the fourteen p….
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RT @haugejostein: The notion that developing countries can bypass manufacturing — and leap straight to services instead — ignores how every….
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Global coal demand grew by 1.5% in 2024, reaching an all-time high. The main driver for global coal demand is power generation which reached the highest recorded level in 2024.@IEA . The growing economies of China, Indonesia, India, Vietnam etc are driven by growing coal power
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RT @ReutersCommods: Spain's gas demand soars as power plants burn more since blackout
reuters.com
Spain has increased the amount of gas it burns to produce electricity as its power grids rely more on conventional gas-fired plants since a major blackout on April 28, gas grid operator Enagas said...
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Europe, particularly Spain, Germany and Britain, have learnt a very hard lesson: Adding megawatts of weather-dependent generation DOESN’T equal to GRID RELIABILITY, ENERGY SECURITY & AFFORDABILITY.
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Spain has increased the use of dispatchable gas generation by 41% since the nationwide blackout in April. The increased gas generation is used as ‘reinforcement of the electricity supply security’.
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RT @haugejostein: Vietnam's manufacturing sector employs 15M people (30% of the workforce). China's manufacturing sector employs 215M peop….
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“We should be learning from Germany’s mistakes, not repeating them.” - Message to Australia by @JohnAndersonAC on the Energy Transition.
It’s disconcerting to see our Energy Minister looking to Germany as a model for our energy transition — a nation now grappling with some of the highest power prices in the world, industrial decline, and an unstable grid. We should be learning from Germany’s mistakes, not
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