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In South Africa,\u00a0Common Power<\/a>\u00a0is uplifting community energy initiatives by young professionals to help address the energy crisis.<\/p>\n

Since the start of South Africa\u2019s energy crisis in 2007, we\u2019ve experienced multiple waves of load shedding as the country\u2019s demand for electricity exceeds its (fossil fuel -based, corporate) ability to supply. Also known as \u2018rolling blackouts\u2019 or \u2018rotating outages\u2019, load shedding describes when an energy utility company artificially reduces demand on the energy generation system by temporarily switching off the distribution of energy to certain geographical areas.<\/p>\n

During these periods the power is rationed between different electrical grid areas across the country and within municipal areas, with some experiencing power outages typically lasting two to four hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In South Africa,\u00a0Common Power\u00a0is uplifting community energy initiatives by young professionals to help address the energy crisis. Since the start of South Africa\u2019s energy crisis in 2007, we\u2019ve experienced multiple waves of load shedding as the country\u2019s demand for electricity exceeds its (fossil fuel -based, corporate) ability to supply. 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