{"id":567599,"date":"2026-03-12T05:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=797837"},"modified":"2026-03-12T05:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:30:10","slug":"from-blackouts-to-bitcoin-south-african-power-utilitys-surreal-pivot-to-high-intensity-power-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/from-blackouts-to-bitcoin-south-african-power-utilitys-surreal-pivot-to-high-intensity-power-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"From Blackouts to Bitcoin: South African Power Utility\u2019s Surreal Pivot to High-Intensity Power Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jjj-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"From Blackouts to Bitcoin: South African Power Utility&#039;s Surreal Pivot to High-Intensity Power Sales\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Eskom, South Africa\u2019s state-owned power utility, is reversing its previous stance by targeting high-intensity energy consumers, specifically bitcoin mining companies. Nyati announced plans to sell excess electricity generated during the day due to increased solar power usage. The Solar Paradox In a shift that seemed impossible only two years ago, South African state-owned power utility [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom, South Africa\u2019s state-owned power utility, is reversing its previous stance by targeting high-intensity energy consumers, specifically bitcoin mining companies. Nyati announced plans to sell excess electricity generated during the day due to increased solar power usage. The Solar Paradox In a shift that seemed impossible only two years ago, South African state-owned power utility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":567600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-567599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin","8":"category-mining"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}