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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.
IFC ready to support private grid investment in SA
The World Bank’s private sector financier, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), has indicated a willingness to fund public–private partnerships (PPPs) aimed at expanding and strengthening...
Grid still seen as key risk for upcoming renewables round despite reduction in govt guarantee
The government-default component of the government guarantees extended to the independent power producers (IPPs) that will be selected to build new solar and wind projects under the upcoming...
In appeal against air-quality decision, Sasol again makes case for load-based emission limit
Energy and chemicals group Sasol has moved to formally appeal a decision of the National Air Quality Officer (NAQO) to decline its application to have its Secunda boilers regulated using a...
One-year progress report says rooftop installations have doubled since start of Energy Action Plan
Despite ongoing loadshedding, President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to highlight some of the implementation progress under the Energy Action Plan (EAP), which marked its first anniversary in late...
Eskom Generation mulling concession models as it seeks to improve coal plant performance
Eskom’s generation business is currently weighing various concession models as the utility assesses ways to improve the performance of its breakdown-prone coal-fired power stations in a context of...
US agency sees Lobito rail corridor helping to diversify critical minerals supply chains
US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) CEO Scott Nathan has reiterated the American government’s interest in helping to finance the Lobito rail corridor, linking the copper and...
CEOs from 115 companies pledge to help rebuild South Africa
CEOs from over 115 leading corporations operating in South Africa and which collectively employ 1.2-million people and have a combined market value R11-trillion, have formally pledged to help the...
Three consortia selected to bid for greenfield Boegoebaai port and rail project
South Africa’s State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has shortlisted three consortia to participate in an upcoming bidding process to design, fund and construct a greenfield...
Grid storage uptake in South Africa lacks ‘direction or momentum’
A new report published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) highlights that grid storage has yet to gain “direction or momentum” in South Africa, despite a growing...
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...
Deadline for battery storage programme bids postponed to early next month
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has postponed the bid submission date for the public procurement of battery energy storage systems (BESS) from July 5 to August 2. The...
Industry role-players express misgivings about Eskom’s ‘onerous’ new grid access rules
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...
Energy trading firm believes revenue-neutral wheeling model can help curb municipal off-grid flight
Regulator-licensed South African electricity trader Enpower Trading is promoting wheeling and trading over municipal networks as a way of combatting the trend of “off-grid flight”, which poses a...
US agency sees Lobito rail corridor helping to diversify critical minerals supply chains
US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) CEO Scott Nathan has reiterated the American government’s interest in helping to finance the Lobito rail corridor, linking the copper and...
Critical minerals market has doubled in five years, IEA report shows
The market for critical minerals used in electric vehicles, solar panels and wind turbines has doubled over the past five years, reaching $320-billion in 2022, and is expected to continue to growth...
Eskom to launch solar, battery tenders in 2024 as part of Komati ‘repowering’
Eskom reports that concessional funding of $497-million secured for the repowering and repurposing of the Komati coal power station, in Mpumalanga, is expected to become effective at the end of...
Sasol, Topsoe form JV to accelerate global production of sustainable aviation fuel
South African energy and chemicals group Sasol and Danish decarbonisation technology company Topsoe have formed a 50:50 joint venture (JV) to develop, build, own, and operate drop-in sustainable...
Two-thirds of energy transition finance in developing economies to be private – report
Yearly clean energy investments in emerging and developing economies will need to more than triple from $770-billion currently to as much as $2.8-trillion by the early 2030s in order to meet rising...
Eskom’s new grid queuing rules to be 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...
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...
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