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Elizabeth Wokabi

The Dispatchable Ultimatum: Surviving the Cape Town Reality Check

The Dispatchable Ultimatum: Surviving the Cape Town Reality Check

Why senior lenders at the 2026 Africa Energy Forum declared standard unbuffered solar pipelines mathematically unbankable and the exact Grid-Forming mandates Deal Desks must execute to survive the dispatchable era.

The Sovereign Counterattack: Surviving the Eskom Green Offensive

The Sovereign Counterattack: Surviving the Eskom Green Offensive

Why the launch of Eskom Green mathematically obsoletes standard intermittent private solar pipelines and the exact BTM defection mandates Deal Desks must execute to survive the sovereign counterattack.

The Cross-Subsidy Trap: Surviving the Ferrochrome Tariff Squeeze

The Cross-Subsidy Trap: Surviving the Ferrochrome Tariff Squeeze

Why NERSA approving a sub-cost survival tariff for ferrochrome smelters triggers a massive hidden cross-subsidy on the Eskom transmission grid and the exact PPA pass-throughs Deal Desks must execute to survive the wheeling tax.

The Thermal Derating Trap: Surviving BESS Capacity Collapse

The Thermal Derating Trap: Surviving BESS Capacity Collapse

Why HVAC distribution flaws at the NamPower Khan project forced the BESS to artificially derate its capacity and the exact Delta T engineering mandates Deal Desks must execute to survive thermal throttling.

The Compliance Blackout: Surviving the NERSA Tariff Default

The Compliance Blackout: Surviving the NERSA Tariff Default

Why the NERSA High Court deadline default just legally froze 14 municipal wheeling corridors across South Africa and the exact PPA tolling clauses Deal Desks must execute to survive the compliance blackout.

The Geothermal Guillotine: Surviving Kenya's Open Grid

The Geothermal Guillotine: Surviving Kenya's Open Grid

Why the gazetting of Kenya Legal Notice 79 immediately weaponized state backed geothermal against private solar IPPs and the exact synthetic PPAs Deal Desks must execute to survive the open market.

The Rogue Surcharge: Surviving Municipal Defiance

The Rogue Surcharge: Surviving Municipal Defiance

Why City Power bypassed NERSA to levy an unapproved infrastructure surcharge on embedded C&I solar and the exact legal injunctions Deal Desks must execute to survive municipal defiance.