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Terence Creamer is the Editor of Engineering News and a Deputy Editor for Mining Weekly. He also has editorial responsibility for Polity.org.za and Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa.
Ramokgopa says 'frank' talks held with JETP partners on possible coal decommissioning delay
Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that “open and frank” discussions have been held with those countries that have agreed to extended $8.5-billion in concessional funding to...
Auto industry, govt still at odds over demand-side electric-vehicle incentives
The South African automotive industry has again appealed for the inclusion of demand-side incentives to stimulate the uptake of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), notwithstanding government’s...
BLSA defends R18m support for private investigation at Eskom
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso has defended the organisation’s decision to respond to a request by former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter to fund a private investigation into...
More than 200 financial institutions are now pursuing coal exclusion policies
More than 200 financial institutions globally, including five South African banks, have established coal exclusion policies, a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial...
Cabinet targets 1 000 MW of demand-side savings as winter approaches
Cabinet reports that a target has been set to save about 1 000 MW, or the equivalent of one stage of loadshedding, through demand side management (DSM) measures, but has provided no details as to...
No immediate clarity on how coal extensions will be aligned to R254bn debt-relief conditions
No immediate clarity has been provided as to how the current proposal to extend the life of certain coal stations beyond their scheduled retirement dates has been aligned with the conditions of a...
South African port operator pursuing R8bn OEM strategy in bid to bolster equipment performance
Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) is optimistic that its emerging strategy of entering into long-term agreements with original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for the supply and life-cycle maintenance...
Ramaphosa seeks to offer just energy transition assurances despite coal-extension proposal
President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied that the current process of re-examining the timeframes for the closure of coal power stations represents a reversal of the country’s position on the just...
Transnet moves ahead with plan to set up rail leasing company
Transnet Engineering (TE) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a partner to establish a rail rolling stock leasing company, which would supply wagons and locomotives to train operating...
Transnet extends deadline for container corridor lease responses to the end of May
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has extended, to the end of May, the deadline for responses to a request for qualification (RFQ) regarding the proposed 20-year operating lease that the State-owned rail...
TFR expects borderless train service to Maputo to raise commodity export tonnages
South Africa’s Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) is preparing to materially increase the number of weekly trains operating on that component of its North East Corridor that transports export commodities...
Discussions under way on next funding flows from Germany to South Africa under JETP
Discussions are under way between the German and South African governments regarding the disbursement of the next tranche of the European country’s concessional funding under the $8.5-billion Just...
PCC underlines support for electricity reforms as govt mulls coal life extensions
Amid a likely proposal that Eskom be allowed to extend the life of certain coal power stations beyond the decommissioning dates outlined in the Integrated Resource Plan, the Presidential Climate...
Govt moves to ease enviro path for solar and battery projects
The South African government is moving to exclude solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage facilities from the requirement to obtain environmental authorisation in areas where the environmental...
Report highlights costs of South Africa’s ‘opaque and lethargic’ tariff investigations
A new report into ongoing tariff investigations in South Africa indicates that it is taking an average of 22 months to finalise decisions on whether to either increase or remove an import duty,...
No new wind turbines connected to South Africa’s grid in 2022 – GWEC
Despite intense power disruptions, no new wind turbines were connected to South Africa’s grid in 2022, the Global Wind Energy Council’s (GWEC’s) latest report has confirmed. In 2021, South Africa...
Ramaphosa to announce new investment target amid confidence-sapping electricity and freight crises
President Cyril Ramaphosa will outline what actions South Africa is taking to tackle its economically debilitating electricity crisis when he addresses investors at the fifth South African...
Eskom says ‘unexpected challenges’ during Koeberg Unit 1 outage will delay restart
The first Unit 1 steam generator at the Koeberg power station has been removed from the containment building and placed into an on-site storage building – a development that Eskom describes as a...
Municipalities urged to embrace prosumers to end loadshedding and shore up revenues
The economic and financial benefits to South African municipalities of buying electricity from independent power producers (IPPs), as well as commercial and residential prosumers has turned...
Solar underpins record renewables additions in 2022
A record 295 GW of new renewable-energy capacity was added globally in 2022, with the 9.6% year-on-year growth underpinned largely by record growth in solar photovoltaic (PV) installations, which...
TFR expects borderless train service to Maputo to raise commodity export volumes
South Africa’s Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) is preparing to materially increase the number of weekly trains operating on that component of its North East Corridor that transports export commodities...
Talks under way on next funding flows from Germany to South Africa under JETP
Discussions are under way between the German and South African governments regarding the disbursement of the next tranche of the European country’s concessional funding under the $8.5-billion Just...
Eskom granted exemption to operate temporary stacks at Kusile for 13 months
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has granted Eskom exemption that will enable it to operate temporary stacks at the Kusile power station, in Mpumalanga, for 13 months...
€15m Just SA launched to unlock Mpumalanga transition projects
A new €15-million initiative has been launched to provide research and technical support for “catalytic” just transition projects in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, currently the centre of...
DTIC’s new energy one-stop shop to include ‘unblocking teams’ to speed up electricity investments
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel reports that that energy one-stop-shop to speed up the regulatory processes required for private investment in electricity generation has been...
M&R reports progress in bid to regain control of Australian mining business
JSE-listed engineering and construction company Murray & Roberts (M&R) has announced developments that could result in it regaining control of RUC Cementation Mining Contractors (RUC), it...
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