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Updated loadshedding code includes up to 16 stages to reduce grid-collapse risk
A new and updated edition of the loadshedding code of practice, which includes up to 16 stages of loadshedding, has been finalised by and expert group and delivered to the National Energy Regulator...
M&R fails to regain control of RUC, but continues to explore Australia options
JSE-listed engineering and construction group Murray & Roberts (M&R) has failed in its bid to regain control of RUC Cementation Mining Contractors (RUC), which was lost to the group when its...
Cape Town’s draft energy strategy sets goal of adding 650 MW within five years
Cape Town’s energy strategy, which has been released for public comment, envisages the addition of 650 MW of new independent generation within five years in line with the city’s stated goal of...
Venture capital fund targeting up to 30 entrepreneurial firms
Endeavor South Africa, which offers venture capital and mentoring support to domestic and African entrepreneurial enterprises, is targeting to invest in up to 30 tech and tech-enabled companies...
National Logistics Crisis Committee to tackle transport emergencies in parallel to reform agenda
The National Logistics Crisis Committee (NLCC) will adopt a two-pronged approach to addressing the rail, port and road crises currently undermining growth and job creation in South Africa, whereby...
Presidency outlines criteria to be used before revising coal decommissioning schedule
The Presidency has moved to outline the criteria that will be used before any decision is made to delay the decommissioning of certain coal-fired power stations to take account of the prevailing...
Govt developing critical minerals strategy to support green industrialisation – Mantashe
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe reports that government is in the process of developing a critical minerals strategy for South Africa, which will seek to support green-economy...
Eskom’s ‘onerous’ new grid access rules receive cool reception
Eskom’s newly released Interim Grid Capacity Allocation Rules (IGCAR), formulated in response to surging demand for grid access in a context of acute grid scarcity, have received a cool reception...
Weather and winter tariff on large users helping to moderate electricity demand
Eskom is expecting demand for the rest of South Africa’s winter months to remain below levels initially assumed when the utility finalised its base case for the high-demand season (see graphic...
Private offtake market adds new impetus to black energy group’s pioneering IPP journey
The journey by South Africa’s Pele Energy Group (PEG) from fledgling energy investor to that of a pioneering black-owned and -managed independent power producer (IPP) is receiving fresh impetus...
Eskom’s new grid queuing rules governed by ‘first ready, first served’ approach
State-owned electricity utility Eskom is preparing to issue updated grid queuing rules that will outline how it plans to manage scarce grid connection capacity in a way that avoids “hogging” of...
Climate commission calls for revised IRP to upscale renewables allocation to 60 GW by 2030
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is recommending that alternative investment models, including public-private partnerships (PPPs), be explored to expand and strengthen South Africa’s...
Eskom turns to EPC contracting as it seeks to pick up yearly powerline roll-out pace to 1 500 km
Eskom’s Transmission Division, which will form part of the separated National Transmission Company South Africa once established later this year, will begin relying more heavily on the engineer,...
National Logistics Crisis Committee to tackle transport emergencies in parallel to reform agenda
The National Logistics Crisis Committee (NLCC) will adopt a two-pronged approach to addressing the rail, port and road crises currently undermining growth and job creation in South Africa, whereby...
Presidency outlines criteria to be used before revising coal decommissioning schedule
The Presidency has moved to outline the criteria that will be used before any decision is made to delay the decommissioning of certain coal-fired power stations to take account of the prevailing...
Namibia signs agreement opening way for feasibility study for $10bn green ammonia project
Namibia has taken another step towards the creation of a green hydrogen industry, after President Hage Geingob’s Cabinet agreed this week to sign a feasibility and implementation agreement (FIA)...
To unlock scarce grid capacity, South Africa begins rethinking approach to curtailment
With insufficient grid capacity having been identified as the main constraint to the public procurement of the 28 GW of new electricity capacity allowed for by 2030 under various Ministerial...
Patel outlines ‘step change’ investment, export and jobs targets for 2023/24
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel outlined firm investment, localisation, export and manufacturing jobs targets in his 2023/24 Budget Vote address to Parliament this week. In a...
Top CEOs sign up to help tackle South Africa’s energy, transport and crime crises
CEOs from some of South Africa’s largest companies – including Sasol’s Fleetwood Grobler, Anglo American’s Nolitha Fakude, former Exxaro CEO Mxolisi Mgojo, Toyota South Africa’s Andrew Kirby,...
Private offtake market adds new impetus to black energy group’s pioneering IPP journey
The journey by South Africa’s Pele Energy Group (PEG) from fledgling energy investor to that of a pioneering black-owned and -managed independent power producer (IPP) is receiving fresh impetus...
Private sector technical teams to begin work at four troubled coal stations
Private sector support teams, assembled with the support of the R100-million Resource Mobilization Fund (RMF), will be deployed soon across four troubled coal-fired power stations to assist Eskom...
Mantashe outlines procurement schedules, including for nuclear, as he confirms IRP delay
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has pulled back from his statement that the release of the revised Integrated Resource Plan, which he has dubbed IRP 2023, is imminent,...
Economic development not a qualifying criterion for 513 MW battery storage bids
Economic development factors have not been included as qualifying criteria for South Africa’s inaugural Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (ESIPPPP), through which the...
Climate commission recommends grid public–private partnerships to speed up just energy transition
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is recommending that alternative investment models, including public-private partnerships (PPPs), be explored to expand and strengthen South Africa’s...
Fuel industry does not foresee loadshedding-induced diesel shortages this winter
The South African Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) is not anticipating a domestic diesel supply crunch this winter as a result of a spike in generator-related demand, despite ongoing warnings...
Climate commission calls for revised IRP to upscale renewables allocation to 60 GW by 2030
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is recommending that the next edition of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which is currently under review, caters for the building of between 50 GW and...
10 GW distributed generation pipeline to help close shortfall in time – Ramaphosa
While warning of a difficult winter for electricity security, President Cyril Ramaphosa has again moved to highlight the success of a recent market reform that has enabled private distributed...
Limited nature of Electricity Minister’s new powers confirmed by Presidency
The Presidency insists that the transfer of responsibility for Section 34(1) of the Electricity Regulation Act to Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa “provides the Minister with a...
President transfers limited powers to procure new electricity generation from Mantashe to Ramokgopa
Following more than two months of uncertainty and reported Cabinet infighting, President Cyril Ramaphosa has transferred Ministerial powers relating to the procurement of new electricity generation...
Private sector injects R340m to support growth of South Africa’s manufacturing sector
A new public-private initiative has been launched in an effort to support the growth and development of South Africa’s manufacturing sector, whose recovery from the Covid lockdowns is currently...
Powerships likely to feature in five-year Eskom emergency procurement
The prospect of South Africa procuring electricity from powerships docked either in South Africa or in a neighbouring country has increased, with the Eskom board having approved three emergency...
Namibia signs agreement opening way for feasibility study of $10bn green ammonia project
Namibia has taken another step towards the creation of a green hydrogen industry, after President Hage Geingob’s Cabinet agreed this week to sign a feasibility and implementation agreement (FIA)...
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