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In South Africa the citizens are facing a crises of such a service and its our electricity system. Predominately coal power plants, that are at end of life, and
by swayson 7y ago
In South Africa the citizens are facing a crises of such a service and its our electricity system. Predominately coal power plants, that are at end of life, and rolling blackouts is a common occurrence. It is necessary action, to avoid a blackout, given it would take weeks to get the system going again. Furthermore, high inequality and unemployment, makes it paramount to grow the economy, so these rolling blackouts have a huge impact socio-ecomically. It is a service that can't simply be restarted.
Transitioning risky services which can't be restarted, is clearly complicated, especially for complex systems. I wonder if there is body of knowledge with principles that could apply to not only to these massive nationwide scale, but to that of web-services and alike. Does anybody have resources in this respect?
- Gibbon1 7y agoYou guys need Jesus... and some solar panels.
- swayson 7y agoUnfortunately, the national power provider has a monopoly on energy, and is a political mine field. So independent power producers are ready to integrate massive solar and wind power capabilities, but due to politics they keep delaying the negotiations and contracts. Many private businesses are trying to produce their own power through solar and alike, but its expensive as that technology needs to be important and the rand is one of the most undervalued currencies.