Prosumers’ access to technology is set to disrupt Eskom’s business model
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04 August 2020 - 15:09
Modernising SA’s energy infrastructure will dramatically change the energy utility business model, as industrial and private energy consumers now have access to technology that allows them to produce, store and distribute energy.
Parties that are able to do this are known as “prosumers” — producer-consumers — and they could be manufacturers, businesses or groups of consumers that have the potential to cause a shift in the structure of the energy industry...
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